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Quadog:
You'll have to bare with me on this one Can someone please help I'm having real issues with the rear brake on my Trickstar got this complete a couple of years ago and stripped and swapped all parts since doing this I have never bee able to get the rear brake to work properly it originally had some 901 Calipers which were fitted underneath brake bridge they worked fine then I changed calipers for 880s and soon realised they wouldn't reach rims unless wheel was so far forward that freewheel would foul on frame plus the crank was clipping it I had to resort to a POS 900 repop and about a dozen washers to make it fit so I finally got a another 901 but now that clips crank as well which is 175 mm the one I removed originally was 175 so I can't see where I'm going wrong now I'vegone  back to a 880 but as you can see from pics it's just not right .

Sorry this request it so long but it's a real head wrecker

I don't think the photos help much but do think the brake bridge is a bit high

Bobby:
Looks like your brake bridge is high , I've a jap one & a U.S frame & both are lower than yours

oldtired:
as above,    tbh it looks as though it has been replaced at some point, i think itshould be sat inside the seat stays ?

Quadog:
Thought it was high it's a jap  one baseball symbol inside drop out possibly a reject could do with some pics if anyone got some of theirs . Still can't get my head round why brakes  were fine with a 901 when I got it now one won't fit like I said a real head wrecker coul do with someone sitting me down and showing where I'm going wrong I'll have to put an add in wanted section old school bmx bike mechanic required Manchester area 😂

rodriguez:
Is your crank spaced correctly or would adding spacers cure the problem?

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