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From: eirik@tekchips.UUCP (Eirik Fuller)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Squeaky Brakes Remedy
Message-ID: <224@tekchips.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 10:57:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: tekchips.224
Posted: Mon Sep 23 10:57:15 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Sep-85 07:15:18 EDT
References: <2202@sdcc6.UUCP> <1402@utcsri.UUCP>
Reply-To: eirik@tekchips.UUCP (Eirik Fuller)
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
Lines: 17
Summary: 

In article <1402@utcsri.UUCP> zsd@utcsri.UUCP (Jim Diamond) writes:

>The remedy of toeing-in the brakes fascinates me.  I can see this
>working for a while, but what happens when the brake pads wear down...?
>
>On the other hand, maybe I'm missing something here...
>

What you are missing is the reason that toeing-in brakes works. A brake
is more likely to squeak when a pad makes incomplete contact with the
rim. A pad which starts out parallel to the rim will wind up with only
the back touching when the forward motion of the wheel twists the arm.

Two things to notice here: 1) A pad which starts out parallel will wear
far less evenly than one which is properly adjusted (the back will get
munched). 2) A properly adjusted brake will often squeak if the wheel
is turning backwards (believe me, I don't try this often).


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