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Help changing mtb brake pads

  • 27-06-2011 8:38pm
    #1
    glennbhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭


    hi. trying to change hayes stroker ryder pads 2010 on my cube mtb. Able to take them out but stupidly pressed the brake lever so its has closed the gap. How do i release the pressure to open up the gap and be able to put in the new brake pads


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  • #2
    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,416 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    did any fluid escape? did the rotor pop out? if not it should be easy enough to fix, just push the piston back into place with the flat edge of a screw driver (or something similar) just be careful not to damage the piston


  • #3
    Stevegeraghty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 408 ✭✭Stevegeraghty


    No panic, just get a tyre lever and spread them,if ya can't get it in use a pen knife,just take it handy :D


  • #4
    glennbhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭glennbhoy


    nope, nothing escaped . i tried pushing the brake lever again and now there is nothing happening.


  • #5
    Stevegeraghty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 408 ✭✭Stevegeraghty


    Don't touch the lever,just pry the pistons open with something,keep going till they atre flush with the calliper


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