H: Hubs, Wheels and Tyres brakes
- Thread starter erik
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IMHO, the performance of a brake should not be determined by the (lack of) friction between brake linings and drums but by the friction between road and tire. In other words, brakes can hardly perform too good. (but can be too aggressive). So I changed the original brake of my recently acquired Rapide by the Vincent Speet 4 LS.
Looks good and works amazingly good !
Small detail: I used the original balance beam brake adjusters for the look but didn't want to drill them out, so I made two small bushes and cut the outher cable.
Thanks Vincent Speet !
Looks good and works amazingly good !
Small detail: I used the original balance beam brake adjusters for the look but didn't want to drill them out, so I made two small bushes and cut the outher cable.
Thanks Vincent Speet !
No......... but only if you want grease all over the linings. I actually prefer the Voc Nilos type seals which work fine, but only with certain bearing combinations.
Congratulations Collingsbob. Of course, it all depends upon your skills but together with all the parts you've got, you should have got detailed instructions in the box. The most difficult part is probably to remove the inner racings of the bearings but Vincent explains in his instructions the old trick how to remove those. Run a weld bead on the inner races and they'll fall out when cooling down. Good luck.
they were send by mail bob, but will resend.
they were send trough your inbox here bob