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    Brake wont snap back into place?

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    2. wtsup24 on

      The brake arms should be parallel upon rim contact, have you tried the thiner spacer on the inside ?

      Secondly the arms are in a balance by there spring preloads, so adjust those.

      Thirdly if one pivot is not pristine the arm can hang up.

    3. gturown on

      1. make sure the wheel is aligned properly in the center of the fork. Its hard to tell from the video but it might over to one side a bit.

      2. Watch this video. [https://youtu.be/XMa9UqY9obk?si=00XSO1oVILUnpGAG&t=105](https://youtu.be/XMa9UqY9obk?si=00XSO1oVILUnpGAG&t=105)

      – Starting at min 1:45 with making sure the spring pin is in the middle hole.

      – Min 3:00 adjust your break pads

      – Min 11:30 adjust the centering of your breaks

    4. janvda on

      Hard to tell from this video, but your brake cable seems to be way too long. Check the position of the washers on the pads too, the pads should be closer to the brake arms

    5. HyperionsDad on

      Another item to help dial in performance is the tension spring on each side. There’s a little screw on the side where each arm pivots. After you get everything else dialed in, I’d suggest tightening the spring on the side that expands out less than the other (currently the left side). Small adjustments can be made to get both arms retracting the same amount.

    6. jaytea86 on

      That pad is on upside down, it’s supposed to follow the curve of the rim. Then it seems you need to adjust the tension screws so more tension is on the side that’s “sticking”.

    7. SspeshalK on

      V brakes are quite simple things – there’s a spring behind each brake arm which adjusts tension – you turn the screw to increase or decrease the tension.

      There are also 2 spacers on the pad arm part – both the same shape (a sort of bowl shape that fits into another curved washer) but one is thicker to account for different forks. In this case you want the thinner one on the inside of the brake arm so the pads are closer so swap them positions.

      Then if one pad sits nearer the rim than the other one decrease the screw tension, if it’s further away increase the tension – it’s just a case of balancing between the 2 arms.

      If the screw won’t increase the tension then unhook the spring from behind the brake arm and give it a gentle bend and when you put it back behind the stop it should work.

      Oh, and your pads are upside down – you can fix that while you’re moving the spacers.

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