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New School BMX 2004 - Now => New School Park, Street & Dirt => Topic started by: haro-os-boy on May 13, 2009, 04:37 PM

Title: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: haro-os-boy on May 13, 2009, 04:37 PM: Which way round are the springs meant to go? Something is so wrong with this brake :( the arms feel like there's no tension in them

Bru :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: harris on May 13, 2009, 04:47 PM: if front silver go on crank side
you can see how they would fork if you look at them close
if you pulling the arm away from the rim ,look at what the spring is doing it should try to tighten its coil not undo itself
Title: Re: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: Stodgy on May 13, 2009, 04:56 PM: Yep, as you're looking at the brake from the front

Silver = Left
Gold = Right

Tension the nuts in towards the forks (Clockwise on the left, Counter-clockwise on the right)

Make sure your cable is fresh, slip in the inner out, spray with WD40 and pop back in. Do the same with the barrel in the lever.

All should be good!
Title: Re: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: Stodgy on May 13, 2009, 05:04 PM: Yes bru - it is black the right...my mistake as it's bronze but they call it black. LOL.
Title: Re: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: JT71 on May 13, 2009, 05:14 PM: if your springs are shot Bru i have a spare set. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: harris on May 13, 2009, 05:25 PM: bru ,i know loads and loads of people who never even realised springs ever needed to be handed
so i would think alot run rubbish
Title: Re: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: Bigfrawg on May 13, 2009, 05:58 PM: i think it is marked on the caliper bru
Title: Re: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: fouronethreeoh! on May 13, 2009, 06:31 PM: Both my springs are rusty. So which side do i put the rustier (?) spring on ???
Title: Re: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: Dark Diggler on May 13, 2009, 08:11 PM: Whats a front brake?
Title: Re: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: rarman1 on May 18, 2009, 05:25 PM: Quote from: bigfrawg on May 13, 2009, 05:58 PM

i think it is marked on the caliper bru

it is one has silver on it the other has black..... its written where the spring fits ;)
Title: Re: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: pickle on May 18, 2009, 08:44 PM: been thinking of naffing mine off to......anyone fancy swapping a set of non lugged forks for my lugged colony RG :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Front Evolver is crap
Post by: oldschool rider on May 18, 2009, 09:27 PM: Front Brakes are where it's at !!!!!!

all the fashion whores will be running them again soon ;D
a couple of years ago everyone ran narrow bars, now they all want wider again, pegs on one minute off the next, Brakes on brakes off etc. :LolLolLolLol:

It all comes round full circle !

a real freestyle bike has 4 pegs & 2 brakes period.

I :smitten: MY BRAKES and I'm only 39 :2funny:

Steve.