hey i just got my bike today (used) and when i took it out of the box and went to put it together the disk wouldnt go into the caliper and i noticed it looked like there was only one pad and there was some fluid coming out..the disk wouldnt go in because there was a pin going across that was blocking it. i know this probably dosent make any sense but i need to fix these asap. should i just take the caliper assy apart and try to see whats going on?
The pin you're talking about sounds like the piston on the side of the missing brake pad. Buy new pads, clean the DOT fluid off everything, and start over.
Hayes 9's work fine after you put some blue loctite on the lever-engagement adjuster screw that's inside the lever blade. This keeps it from backing-off and making your lever looser and looser. See the 9's are the exact same brake as the Mags except for the lever. jake69, ignoring the melodrama, has some good points: Skip directly to step #5 and you're cool.
yea if you really want to fix it, get new brakes. but if you want a temporary bandage for the hayes nines, then just buy new pads, put them in, and take a CLEAN screw driver, flat style, and push the pads apart once everything is all nice and clean.
problem solved. put my avid juicy 3's up there and they work.
weak, but at least ive got brakes now.
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