cwtrials Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Are other people getting massive amounts of lever play developing in their racing line brakes? I have the 2005-2010 CNC'd replacement lever body (the first one they released) with the Trialtech Blade. It used to be really solid, but has developed a ridiculous amount of play in the lever blade, about 3/8" in each direction. A little play doesn't bother me, but this is too much. The pivot bolt is as tight as possible without binding up the blade. It almost looks like the blade / body have worn down only on one side of the pivot point. Anyone else experiencing the same thing? Good solutions other than a replacing the whole thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC12345678910 Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 (edited) I also have a 1st gen, single bolt bar clamp Racing Line body (the later version had a two bolt split clamp). It was fitted xmas 2013 (and been in continuous use) and has not experienced the symptoms you describe. There is a little more play than with a magura 05, but it cant be more than 5mm even with the pivot bolt hanging half way out (using standard mag 05 lever blade). Cheaper V-brake levers (tektro for example) use those little white plastic shims to overcome wobble like you describe, maybe find some of them/make your own and retrofit? EDIT: Re read your post; Do you possibly mean that the pivot bolt hole in the lever blade has elongated? Edited March 31, 2017 by CC12345678910 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwtrials Posted April 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 So I investigated further today and think I figured out what happened. The Trialtech blade is painted. The paint wore off in a half circle on both sides of the pivot, but on opposing sides. I think this was probably due to the sideways forces trials riders place on it. I lightly sanded the remainder of the paint off and it seems to be working better. Any little imperfection is highly magnified by the length of the lever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 I had lever play on both Trialtech lever blades with Racing Line bodies right from the start. It was so much that I went back to the Racing Line levers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 On 01/04/2017 at 1:38 AM, cwtrials said: The Trialtech blade is painted. It's anodised, but the blade will wear in the way you have described with the up and down play. It's a limitation of the way the blade fitting system is designed in the lever body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 Some very thin washers could do the trick (or even just one). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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