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Setting up U Brakes

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dubdee:
Are they any good guides online for setting the U brakes up ? Built bike up today but as i'm skint just stuck cheap stuff on but the brakes do not do a thing!!! Never set you brakes up before so just guessed thought it might be cheap brakes but my nieces brakes has unbranded jobbies on too and they are really keen.

The rear (gyro) just feels solid and makes no difference when pressed, The front has a better feel but does little. Was wondering if the brake mounts should be greased (had to remove paint as frame had been repainted). How much tension should i get on them and how close should they run to the rim etc?

Any help appreciated

john4130:
grease the brake posts and the cable inners and only put about a quarter turn of tension on the springs, how close your blocks are too the rims is really just down tp preference.

dubdee:
Cheers i need all the help i can get last brakes i set up were the old style mx copies not even engraved mx was stuck on lol

pickle:
do you have the springs on the right arms? 

dubdee:

--- Quote from: pickle on November 13, 2011, 05:15 PM ---do you have the springs on the right arms? 

--- End quote ---

Hope so there as they came out of the packet, Did put more than a quarter tension on though i think.

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