Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihuxm!bb2 From: bb2@ihuxm.UUCP (Bugar) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Squeaky Brakes Remedy Message-ID: <1315@ihuxm.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 12:46:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxm.1315 Posted: Mon Sep 23 12:46:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 24-Sep-85 03:42:32 EDT References: <2202@sdcc6.UUCP> <446@ttrdc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 11 > In article <2202@sdcc6.UUCP>, ix826@sdcc6.UUCP (tim drabik) writes: > >To fix squeaky brakes, follow the suggestion of Eugene Sloane in The > >{New, All New} Complete Book of Bicycling: With pliers, gently twist > >the brake calipers so that the pads toe in slightly, that is, make 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