I'm missing the pin on the back of a V brake that slots into one of the three holes on the brake boss and allows me to tension / centre the V brake arm ?
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how can i bodge this (V brake q)
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Posted 9 months ago #
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gonna be v. tricky to fix I think, you could try aralditing a bit of spoke or something the correct size in there.
new v-brakes don't cost a lot though.
Posted 9 months ago # -
Yea, I currently in the shed holding a spoke wondering if I've any chemical metal stuff knocking around........
Posted 9 months ago # -
I've used an elastic band to the seat stay before.
It sort of worked....
Posted 9 months ago # -
had the same problem a few years ago - i used a short section of spoke that i glued into the v brake pivot bit where the pin had fallen out of with araldite, worked for a fair few hundred miles of touring and commuting before i stripped the bike down (still got the brakes and would use them again)
Posted 9 months ago # -
Hmm, no chemical metal stuff, so i'll see if I've any araldite knocking around.........
Posted 9 months ago # -
one thing - if you're forks/frame has the type of brake mount that has the holes for the pin that do not go all the way through the metal, you could just wedge the pin in there. when the v brake is bolted on there's no where for it to go so it'll hold itself. unfortunately mine wasn't so simple...
Posted 9 months ago # -
In my search for araldite I found the chemical metal stuff, I popped a bit of spoke in and its waiting to set... Fingers crossed
Posted 9 months ago # -
Seems to have worked after a Humu along the canal. I backed it up with some chemical metal behind the boss to stop the spoke pin falling out. BODGETASTIC
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"Humu"
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"Humu" ?
Kona Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
Posted 9 months ago # -
"Humu" is an abbreviation of the verb humuhumu-nukunuku-apua'a which roughly translated means "a leisurly ride of ones bicycle". It has nowt to do with fish.
Posted 9 months ago # -
Someones been watching Octonauts!!
Posted 9 months ago # -
Someones been watching Octonauts!!
More likely someone at the beeb rides MTBs, the konas have been aroudn for 15 years or so...
Posted 9 months ago # -
Good work. Though I take issue with calling it a bodge, you've practically fixed it!!!
This is a bodge:
Posted 9 months ago #
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