Mike Beck Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 hey i am starting to become very prone of snapping my magura lever bodies, gone through 3 in the space of 2 months!!!!!! not hitting the levers or anaything but im just topping up my brake at the bleed hole on the lever, comes to tightening it up and i hear a crack and look down to see a massive crack appear. The 05 levers are better designed but this still happened,,,, poor metal or too heavy handed??? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_CRED_ Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 If you brought your brake separately you should have got a little booklet that tells you what torque you need to do the bolt up to. But if your brakes came with your bike you probably wont have one. Or check the magura website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squince Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 OverTightening i believe Dont use a multi tool.Use a single allen key, less leverage . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdab. Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 hey i am starting to become very prone of snapping my magura lever bodies, gone through 3 in the space of 2 months!!!!!! not hitting the levers or anaything but im just topping up my brake at the bleed hole on the lever, comes to tightening it up and i hear a crack and look down to see a massive crack appear. The 05 levers are better designed but this still happened,,,, poor metal or too heavy handed ??? cheersDon't tighten them up too tight....Just tighten them enough, like when you start to feel it become harder to tighten, then leave it.Alot of the 05 levers have cracked and snapped... They are abit weak if you bash them around but my'n have been fine so far so carn't really complain!Do you really have to top up your brake all the time? If you do just be careful with bolts. They carnt stand much pressure.And I really don't know how you've gone through 3 bodies in 2 months...Must have super finger strentgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26inch Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 they are generally quite weak levers but you only have to nip the bolts up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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