Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!bellcore!petrus!sabre!zeta!epsilon!gamma!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihlpg!fish From: fish@ihlpg.UUCP (Bob Fishell) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Squeaky Brakes Remedy Message-ID: <1296@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 18:11:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.1296 Posted: Mon Sep 23 18:11:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Sep-85 07:15:09 EDT References: <2202@sdcc6.UUCP> <446@ttrdc.UUCP> <1315@ihuxm.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 24 > For squeaky brakes, I just talk a fine wood file and file down the crud > on the contact surface of the pads and readjust the cables. Cleaning > your rims will also help. > > bill bugar > ihnp4!ihuxm!bb2 *** AC T YOUR AGE *** I clean my rims with rubbing compound, and this seems to help. I also keep after the pads. A lot of netters have recommended toeing in the brake arms. What I do is adjust the pads so that they are at a slight angle with respect to a line tangent to the wheel at the center of the brake. This does not appreciably diminish braking capacity, but it does seem to help. It also saves you from bending metal, something I'd be reluctant to do considering my weight (just under 200) and some of the speeds I've hit (39 mph on a hill near here). I don't think I'd want a brake failing from metal fatigue under such circumstances. __ / \ \__/ Bob Fishell ihnp4!ihlpg!fish Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com