Installing Magura, hints and tips.

Martin

First of all make a nice cup of tea (or your poison of choice), and sit
down and read the instructions. Then re-read the instructions.

Then realise that although the text says left side, the view is from the
front of the forks, so appears to be the right.

Next get the list of tools the instructions say you need.
3 Allen keys, an 8mm spanner, and a sharp knife.

Then get the additional tools the instructions don't mention.
An extra pair of hands.
A roll of sticky tape.
A wall with a large X on so you know where to bash your head.
Some cardboard folded.
A wicket keeper standing by to catch that bit that goes ping.

Fix the brake handle to the handle bar, using a spare handy bolt, as no
bolt for this was supplied.

Loosely assemble the brakes as instructed.
Use the card folded between one brake block and the rim as a spacer
whilst you push the piston assembly onto the rim, and holding the clamp
bit in place with your other hand. Using your third hand, tighten up the
bolts.
Repeat for the other side.
Repeat for the first side as the block is misaligned.
Repeat for the other side.
(There may be more than one repetition here).

Hit head against wall.
Go make cup of tea (or your favourite poison).

Next decide to shorten the hydraulic tube, this is the bit which
requires four hands, and the sticky tape to hold the tubes whilst you
search for the compression nut that attaches the tube to the brakes.
(The nut goes ping, flies all the way across the garage just as you
finish cutting through the hydraulic tube).


In our next instalment, we shall discuss cycling around Bristol with
only one gear (top), due to not having all the parts to replace the gear
cable.

Clive George

"Martin" <martin.dann@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:z02Zj.32234$ie5.18655@newsfe05.ams2...

> Loosely assemble the brakes as instructed.
> Use the card folded between one brake block and the rim as a spacer whilst
> you push the piston assembly onto the rim, and holding the clamp bit in
> place with your other hand. Using your third hand, tighten up the bolts.
> Repeat for the other side.
> Repeat for the first side as the block is misaligned.
> Repeat for the other side.
> (There may be more than one repetition here).

Hey, they've got better than they used to be. Actually I didn't have much
trouble with mine. Don't bother with card, position wrt rim can be sorted
out later. Do clamp bolt up a bit, wiggle cylinder into appropriate place,
tighten. To get cylinders a little further from the rim, loosen slightly,
apply brake and the thing will move out, nice and easy.

Of course my blocks might not be entirely true - but it doesn't matter!

> Next decide to shorten the hydraulic tube, this is the bit which requires
> four hands, and the sticky tape to hold the tubes whilst you search for
> the compression nut that attaches the tube to the brakes.
> (The nut goes ping, flies all the way across the garage just as you finish
> cutting through the hydraulic tube).

Ah well, I've never opened mine. Friend has an entire loop free coz he's not
shortened his either :-)

cheers,
clive

james.annan@gmail.com

On May 22, 8:20 am, "Clive George" <cl...@xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> Ah well, I've never opened mine. Friend has an entire loop free coz he's not
> shortened his either :-)

I think I did mine...but it was _so_ long ago, I can't remember.

I've done a lot of miles since then (ok, not really all that many
miles, but I've changed many sets of brake blocks in the meantime, and
would have had to change several sets of cables too).

Maintenance? What's that?

Doki

Clive George wrote:
> "Martin" <martin.dann@virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:z02Zj.32234$ie5.18655@newsfe05.ams2...
>
>> Loosely assemble the brakes as instructed.
>> Use the card folded between one brake block and the rim as a spacer
>> whilst you push the piston assembly onto the rim, and holding the
>> clamp bit in place with your other hand. Using your third hand,
>> tighten up the bolts. Repeat for the other side.
>> Repeat for the first side as the block is misaligned.
>> Repeat for the other side.
>> (There may be more than one repetition here).
>
> Hey, they've got better than they used to be. Actually I didn't have
> much trouble with mine. Don't bother with card, position wrt rim can
> be sorted out later. Do clamp bolt up a bit, wiggle cylinder into
> appropriate place, tighten. To get cylinders a little further from
> the rim, loosen slightly, apply brake and the thing will move out,
> nice and easy.
>
> Of course my blocks might not be entirely true - but it doesn't
> matter!
>
>> Next decide to shorten the hydraulic tube, this is the bit which
>> requires four hands, and the sticky tape to hold the tubes whilst
>> you search for the compression nut that attaches the tube to the
>> brakes. (The nut goes ping, flies all the way across the garage just
>> as you finish cutting through the hydraulic tube).
>
> Ah well, I've never opened mine. Friend has an entire loop free coz
> he's not shortened his either :-)

Aye. Just cable tie the whole lot intact to your bike.

M-gineering

Doki wrote:

>>
>> Ah well, I've never opened mine. Friend has an entire loop free coz
>> he's not shortened his either :-)
>
> Aye. Just cable tie the whole lot intact to your bike.

If shortening a Magura hose is beyond your skills (which next to
changing the blocks is about the easiest job with Magura's), maybe you
shouldn't work on the brakesystem at all
--
/Marten

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