Retrofitting magura 1 finger levers

Should they have movement (forwards) – not sprung?

The instructions say about putting the spring in the correct place but the video and pdf don’t show the correct place 🤷🤷

Sprung movement yes. Free movement no.

In the second picture there is a vague grey line between the pivot and the hose barrel. I think that is the spring.

From another angle.

Where do the springs locate on the lever body??

(Tick)

Don’t want to derail thread but I’ve got an MT7 lever which “flips forward”…I’m assuming from slight damage in a crash but I’m not sure how to “fix” this either…

Tried it, ballsed it up, replaced with SLX levers for the THE best brakes I’ve ever owned. You won’t be disappointed.

Does this help? Pictures of my spare lever and spring inserted into lever blade from a broken lever (same location as the complete lever has it). Click for bigger.

Don’t want to derail thread but I’ve got an MT7 lever which “flips forward”…I’m assuming from slight damage in a crash but I’m not sure how to “fix” this either…

That’s normal, not due to crash damage

That’s normal, not due to crash damage

There’s definitely something up as one lever does it (left, rear), and one doesn’t (right, front). Last ride I did, the left lever pinged forward and out of reach of my finger just before a delicate, technical roll and I had to grab a load of front brake which nearly sent me over the bars….

There’s definitely something up as one lever does it (left, rear), and one doesn’t (right, front).

Both mine do it, they always have.

Maybe your lever that doesn’t do it is damaged?

Mine had forward play until I properly located the spring as per magura instructions. Then solid with no play.

Which of the instructions? That’s what I’m asking

In your first picture of the magura instructions you can see it in the lever blade. This image, it’s in the same position mine show it in. It’s a crap low quality image but it is there.

Hahaha this drove me mad trying to get the spring in correctly. Eventually I got it… but can’t remember how.

– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoaJ80WZY84 –

The spring is in the blade, it’s where does it locate in the lever body I’m unsure of

The levers going forward is prevented by a little metal tab on the body, I had one that went forward from leaning my bike against a work bench and it slipped over forcing it forward. Then I tried to “investigate” by gently pushing the good one forward and I saw the tab break off, it’s a casting raised less than a mm and easily broken.

Never had a problem with them popping forward while riding though.

Sorted 👍

I didn’t know these are a thing. Recently got MT-5s and *hate* the lever shape.  Will need to get some!

https://magura.com/en/EUR/service?primaryCategory=IRideBicycleServiceCategory

https://api.magura.com/medias/sys_master/maguracom-medias/h34/hf5/9604087545886/2023_magura_katal_en_eur/2023-magura-katal-en-eur.pdf

Had this exact unsprung movement issue a few weeks back fitting the one finger levers to MT5s. Retried a few times but couldn’t work out where the spring needed to be to get the sprung action. Eventually wrecked a lever trying to disassemble/reassemble it in line with a YouTube video I found that seemed to explain things.

Fiitted some Zee levers I had lying around instead. Much, much better than even the one finger Magura levers, and no frustrating head scratching spannering involved.

These are an fantastic upgrade, before the mt5s felt meh, like they needed a bleed, now they are so powerful