"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
07/11/2020 at 21:23 • Filed to: Bicycle
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"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
07/11/2020 at 21:23 • Filed to: Bicycle | 3
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1. Realize your lever is close to the handle bars and brakes sound like rocks grinding on steel.
2. Go to bike shop and buy two sets of pads for $50. Exclaim that you can get pads for your mazda from rock auto for the same price and they last 40,000 miles not 4 months.
3. Remove wheel and remove old pads, then see if you can push in the pistons far enough so the new brake pads don’t rub.
4. Install new pads and wheel, realize they really need to be bled. New brakes usually are pretty good but typically need to be bled when installing the first pair of replacement pads.
5. Watch YouTube video on how to bled SRAM Guide brakes.
6. Bleed brakes then try pads again!
7. Success now the lever feels firm.
8. Repeat process for rear brakes.
9. Then do your kids bike.
10. Then do your other bike.
11. Realize you have spent $150 on bicycle parts in the last week.
12. That bleed kit saved some time and money tho...
zipfuel
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/11/2020 at 21:43 |
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Oof, how much was the bleed kit. My next bike sure as hell will have hydraulic brakes but I havent bled any
since I was working at a shop and had an epic set of tools.
TheJWT
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/11/2020 at 21:44 |
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I had no idea hydraulic bike brakes were a thing, that’s pretty cool actually
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> zipfuel
07/11/2020 at 21:47 |
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I got the shop quality kit and I think it was $80. Since I’ve had the kit I’ve probably used it a dozen times so money well spent so far.
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> TheJWT
07/11/2020 at 21:48 |
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Yes they have been a thing for a while.
VincentMalamute-Kim
> zipfuel
07/11/2020 at 21:49 |
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Get Shimano.
I think their
bleed kits are a lot cheaper. And I like mineral oil vs the paint removing DOT fluid.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/11/2020 at 21:50 |
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You didn’t have to replace rotors given the grinding sound? So many new bike procedures to learn.
I’m not looking forward
to a bleed. Thanks for posting this.
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> VincentMalamute-Kim
07/11/2020 at 21:56 |
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They were close but not metal on metal yet... I’ve had to do rotors on the past.
facw
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/11/2020 at 21:59 |
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My only experience with disc brakes is with mechanical calipers. Way easier (though my understanding is they suck compared to hydraulic)
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> facw
07/11/2020 at 22:55 |
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I’ve never tried mechanical discs so I can’t say, but 4 piston hydraulic brakes are pretty amazing.
Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/11/2020 at 23:11 |
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Ok. First off, I’m pretty drunk right now. 2nd, I think I can change the rotors and pads on my Focus in less time. 3rd, I’m having a guy who I go to church with tune up my bikes, cause that looks too god damn hard.
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> Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
07/11/2020 at 23:30 |
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By now I’m in the 10 minute per wheel range including a quick bleed. If I didn’t have to bleed the brakes this would be a less than ten minute task but I have not found a better way to get the pistons to retract. IIRC my older style shimano brakes with only two pistons are a lot easier to get the pistons retracted than these 4 piston sram brakes.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/12/2020 at 04:39 |
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“fun”