[Closed] avid juicy 7 advice

Juicy 7 advice?

Bin 'em for some Shimano's or Hope's.

They are a bitch once the pistons get any corrosion on.

Undo the bleed screw and 'lever' the pistons back, then bleed 'em.

You also need a bleed kit.

Anybody want 2 Juicy 7 calipers with knackered pistons, and 1 piston/seal kit - couldn't even shift the pistons with brute force and a compressor.

Formula bleed kit works and it's 12 quid rather than £30 plus for avid. I've just recently done my 1st piston removal, clean and re-instal and sticky piston issues gone so far. Fingers crossed.

put your old pads back into the brakes and hammer a wedge between em. I have done this in the past on J5s and it will destroy the pads but will get the pistons to retract.

Don't bin them just yet.

i thought putting some disc brakes on my commuter would save maintenance - how wrong i was!! The salt has completley f*cked my juicy 5's. i think i'm going to bin mine as they were only 80 quid for the pair 3 or 4 years ago. back to v-brakes for me.

obviously when i say 'bin' i mean 'ebay' (with an honest accurate description).

Took the J7's off my Nomad when I got it and stuck SLX's on. So much better (IMHO)

What on earth is everyone doing to their J7's?!

Mine have run faultless for well over 2 years / 3k miles now. Generally do a set of pads every 3 months, or every race if its a gorrick one. Each time I just lever the pistons back in with a large flat screw driver without any fuss.

Given all teh slagging they get, I love mine!! Only thing I'd change is to be able to fit new pads without removing the calliper like the Elixirs.

Mine have done sterling service for 4 years and only this winter did they start to develop problems. Seals have now been replaced so they need a bleed and then hopefully we'll see a few more years of use.

^ what billysan says. mine were great for the 3 years they were on my Evil. Upgraded them to Elixirs recently (and the elixirs are definitely better) but never had major problems with the j7s

What billysan said.
Level apart the pads with a flat bladed screw driver.
If the piston is stuck and you can't get the pads out then it gets a bit tricky. Try dropping some dot fluid behind the pads. The idea here is that the dot fluid will effectively lube up the piston seals.
I done this on a pair of Juicy 7's last week, and it freed the pistons up in an hour. New pads in, quick bleed, sorted.

old pads + big screwdriver = piece of piss.

takes about 2 mins to change Juicy pads and there's no need to **** about with bleeding them if thery're done properly in the first place.

oh.. and why is anyone removing the caliper? leave it on the frame and drop the wheel out.

thanks or the advice. i will give it a try and see how i get on. think i will just buy a set of codes instead