I was riding my bike and a screw must’ve fallen off and my brakes were dangling! I’m a bike idiot so any advice on how to fix or what I need to replace is appreciated! Thanks!
by maddydyko
I was riding my bike and a screw must’ve fallen off and my brakes were dangling! I’m a bike idiot so any advice on how to fix or what I need to replace is appreciated! Thanks!
by maddydyko
4 Comments
You need a recessed brake nut. Probably quite a short one. Go to your LBS and they should have a draw full of different lengths.
Thank you so much!!
si.shimano.com will pull up [this EV](https://si.shimano.com/en/pdfs/ev/BR-6500-1681/EV-BR-6500-1681A.pdf)
It looks like the front based off the bar end and the barely out of focus portions of the bike I can see this is the front brake (notice it lacks a spacer for the rear brake)
– Y-858 50000 – Spacer-F (4 mm)
– Y-858 50100 – Spacer-R (2 mm)
And one of these two, depends how thick your fork mount is.
– Y-855 75020 – Pivot Nut (12.5 mm)
– Y-855 74010 – Pivot Nut (18.0 mm)
So those are the official shimano numbers but you can probably stop by hardware store and pick up 6mm of spacers and then your LBS to get a pivot nut (“brake caliper nut” will probably make more sense but showing them part no. 4 will make sense to them.
At the bike shop now! Thanks for all your help everybody!