Comments on: How to service mechanical MTB disc brakes http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-repair/mechanical-disk-brake-service/ Mountain bike news, trails, travels, and dirt. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:39:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: element22 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-repair/mechanical-disk-brake-service/comment-page-1/#comment-129513 element22 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:57:18 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=2275#comment-129513 Just clean them with water and dry them off when you get home.. Just clean them with water and dry them off when you get home..

]]> By: Jarrett.morgan http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-repair/mechanical-disk-brake-service/comment-page-1/#comment-129512 Jarrett.morgan Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:49:30 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=2275#comment-129512 After my disc brakes become very muddy, what should i do to just clean them? After cleaning them, do they need to be coated with anything to prevent corrosion? After my disc brakes become very muddy, what should i do to just clean them? After cleaning them, do they need to be coated with anything to prevent corrosion?

]]> By: element22 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-repair/mechanical-disk-brake-service/comment-page-1/#comment-3645 element22 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:20:22 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=2275#comment-3645 In the section of rotor inspection and cleaning i did mention to watch your fingers...at0m your lucky i did actaully see a young child stick his finger into the rotor while it was rotating in the bike stand at my shop...lucky for him it stayed on.. It was fixed but he was in a finger cast for a few months. So don't feel too bad...Your not the only one. In the section of rotor inspection and cleaning i did mention to watch your fingers…at0m your lucky i did actaully see a young child stick his finger into the rotor while it was rotating in the bike stand at my shop…lucky for him it stayed on.. It was fixed but he was in a finger cast for a few months.

So don’t feel too bad…Your not the only one.

]]> By: at0m http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-repair/mechanical-disk-brake-service/comment-page-1/#comment-3643 at0m Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:52:47 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=2275#comment-3643 A small tip that probably falls in the obvious for most people ( not me apparently ) is if you are trying to adjust the pads to stop rubbing against the rotor, don't use the adjuster with the wheel spinning, even slowly.. that lesson cost me 5 stitches and a finger nail :( A small tip that probably falls in the obvious for most people ( not me apparently ) is if you are trying to adjust the pads to stop rubbing against the rotor, don’t use the adjuster with the wheel spinning, even slowly.. that lesson cost me 5 stitches and a finger nail :(

]]> By: pepe091 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-repair/mechanical-disk-brake-service/comment-page-1/#comment-3641 pepe091 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:35:09 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=2275#comment-3641 Thanks, some good tips. Now I need to get home and get rid of that awful squeal my rotors make!!! Thanks, some good tips. Now I need to get home and get rid of that awful squeal my rotors make!!!

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