Lamber Posted August 21, 2011 Share Hi guys, I'm having trouble centering my avid single digit 7 v-brakes on my trials bike. The pad on the left hand side is about 4mm from the rim (perfect for me) but then the pad on the right hand side is already rubbing against the rim. what can i do to center it? I've already lubed the fixed points where the brakes are attached to the frame. Can i use washers as spacers? Any help would be great. Thanks Edited August 21, 2011 by Lamber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon_Kooi Posted August 21, 2011 Share You will need to tighten or loosen the screw (circled) for the spring tension. Either tighten the one on the right if possible or loosen the one on the left. This will shift your brakes right. If you plan on tightening the right screw, first unclip the spring, I've seen many guys damage the screw head by trying to tighten with the spring clipped in. If you want to keep the 4mm gap you will probably have to loosen your cable a bit too. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamber Posted August 21, 2011 Share Thanx a mil Carbon_Kooi! Will give it bash first thing in the morrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamber Posted August 23, 2011 Share You will need to tighten or loosen the screw (circled) for the spring tension. Either tighten the one on the right if possible or loosen the one on the left. This will shift your brakes right. If you plan on tightening the right screw, first unclip the spring, I've seen many guys damage the screw head by trying to tighten with the spring clipped in. If you want to keep the 4mm gap you will probably have to loosen your cable a bit too. Hope this helps. Great stuff man! ended up loosening the left side screw- took me just under 5 minutes to get it sorted! Thanks much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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