Bearded Midget Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 i have recently upgraded my front wheel and i have an avid bb5 disc brake that i baught of a friend for 5 quid i baught a new lever in hope i would get a better pull and a better hold, i admit its better, but still has a really bad hold until i put water on it, does anyone know how i can make it better(without putting water on it)? more bedding in,(i only spent 5 minutes) or a thicker cable?any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeriding Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 bedding in.... if that doesnt succedget a BB7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 If it's really terrible, then you've probably got some oil or something on the pads. Take the disc off, give it a good wash in soapy water. Do the pad-burning thing to burn off any oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 1, FInd a big hill.2, get a bottle of water. 3, ride down the hill, with the brake on, but not locked. 4, get halfway down. STOP5, pour half the water on the disk and it should make steam. 6, carry on to the bottom of the hill as in 37. get to the bottom and pour the rest of the water onto the disc. should be donw(point 8 use the search) lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Midget Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 1, FInd a big hill.2, get a bottle of water. 3, ride down the hill, with the brake on, but not locked. 4, get halfway down. STOP5, pour half the water on the disk and it should make steam. 6, carry on to the bottom of the hill as in 37. get to the bottom and pour the rest of the water onto the disc. should be donw(point 8 use the search) lolnow it didnt make steam when i did it, so i will give this a good go.and for number 8, well if you were using this computer you wouldnt bother searching, mainly because it takes about 2 minutes to load each page every time you click a link but i have never seen a topic before like this so i just made one . but i will search in future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONGO Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 it is also difficult to search for an exact answer to a question like this lol.Anyway, i don't think i've seen a genuinly new question on this forum for a few years!! It's all been asked before lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Try boiling the pads on the stove, the heat will lift any oil out of the pads and then the oil will float on top of the water. do it for a couple of minutes and then let it cool down. Get a cloth and wipe the oil from the surface of the water, then remove the pads and bed them it again.Failing that, new pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Pearson Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 I've found that to really bed in the disc you have to ride around for a fair while dragging it (yesterday I did about 500 yards dragging the brake) and then chuck water on it. Should be a fair bit of steam and hissing coing off it. I have to do this pretty much every time I ride to get the brake working, but then it usually works for the rest of the day. Also, have you zip tied the cable to the fork? If you have try running it without the zip tie, just haning free; the less kinks or diversion of the cables natural path the better. Or failing that, an oddysey linear slic cable will work wonders. Just for your reference, I run:Front: Xtr Lever, BB7 caliper, 185 Hope Mono M4 rotor, Clarkes cable.Rear: Xtr Lever, BB7 caliper, 203 Hope Mono M$ Sawtooth, Linea Slic Cable.Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Best way to bed disks in i found is to just ride it and dont do anything, i never have to put water on before a ride and my bb7 works great. If you do the way by dragging brake and put water on you run the chance of glazeing the pads and making your brake worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cristoff Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 does boiling the pads actually work??might have to try it if it does, i got something wrong with minechris x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Pearson Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 does boiling the pads actually work??might have to try it if it does, i got something wrong with minechris xA blowtorch or zippo lighter is more effective Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam-Griffin Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 put slashes in the pads going horizontalliy and vertically if all fails get a BB7 as suggested lol Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Midget Posted July 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 well thanks for all these tips, i tried several of them and my brake works a bit better, but its not how i want it to be, so i am resorting to buying a hope mono trial from my mate for £40, so not bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianttrials Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 my bb5 works well, did take a while to bed in though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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