Durace brakeset sadness Fix it, repair it, how do I do it, what's the best part to use, and now: how do I get there?

[ipl31]

I recently replaced my brake cables and somehow managed to loose a rubber gasket thingy that keeps the barrel upright. As you can see in the picture its very sad looking now. Any ideas for dealing with this or finding a new rubber thingy? I have tried wrapping the barrel in electric tape.

[joeball]

You'll lose the quick adjustment but you could put a small nut on either side of the and tighten them down so they pinch that upper arm on the caliper.

Did you try looking harder for the piece?

I know this stupid piece you are talking about. If you want to pay the man you'll probably find the piece at ABR. It may also be cheaper to buy a new brake.

Or you can see if Kevin will sell you his, that was mine, that is on his IRO.

[ipl31]

[key lime]

[quuxman]

You _might_ be able to find the part at the Bikery too.

[derrickito]

ive asked at the counter for misc brake pieces before and they've just given them to me.

[vaticdart]

I broke a return spring on one of my brake calipers a while back and it was a day long hassle to find a replacement spring. Finally, one of the bike shops I frequent had an identical caliper (different brand name though) that was missing a lot of other stuff, basically useless, but had a return spring.

I'd go a similar route for finding weird and random caliper parts.