Posted by Allan In NE on February 13, 2008 at 04:24:44 from (148.78.243.26):
In Reply to: Re: brakes - 2656 posted by bc on February 12, 2008 at 18:13:28:
They don't work anything like a car.
The mechanical "actuator" works from the inside out in a "swealing" fashion against it's component's total "thickness" and there is only a certain amount of travel no matter how many "washers" you put under that adjustment nut.
This "total thickness" translates into pedal travel and is adjusted by the number of shims at the outer cover. The ballnut is then used as a "fine-tune" adjustment.
The thickness of just one shim makes one heck of a lot of difference.
Good luck. Those old bolts are probably gonna be rusty and hard to get out, but it's a fairly simple procedure.
Also, don't throw those shims away! If you ever have to replace the discs with new, you'll never get the stack together without the shims being there again. :>)
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