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Durace brakeset sadness
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Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:04 pmby 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.
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Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:25 pmby 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.
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Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:37 pmby ipl31
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Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:16 pmby key lime
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Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:10 amby quuxman
You _might_ be able to find the part at the Bikery too.
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Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:26 amby derrickito
ive asked at the counter for misc brake pieces before and they've just given them to me.
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Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:46 pmby 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.