Okay, I ride my bike basically one season. Still have original Hayes Mag Nine brake pads on it, plenty of pad left. Brake slowly over time I notice the handle on the front left side pulling further and further back. I see no leaks. As of this weekend, the lever all the way to the handlebar, NO front brake. Pissed.
Take ride with rear brake only, almost slide out on turn and go off into the woods, decide, it's time to figure out what's wrong with the brake. Call my LBS says it's not covered under lifetime adjustments, it's wear and tear. I decide to use my brake bleed kid, hayes of course. I put FULL bottle through the brake line, from brake caliper bike up right, towards handlebar, back into a catch bottle. See NO bubbles at all after squeezing 3/4 of DOT into it, pull the plug out, screw tiny screw back in, no brakes.
Try it again, second time, do the same thing, only this time, I pull the plug out that is feeding back into the catch bottle and let the fluid go all over the place coming out of the hole, and put screw in, WHILE squeezing the bottle to insure no bubbles get in the line, tight screw, try it again... nothing.
So, brand new Hayes Brakes, mag nines, Never seen a leak, no reside on handle bar OR in the line leading too or at the brake. CLEAN PARTS!
What' the problem? Piston? Bad Hayes brake?
I hardly rode the bike. Bought it in January 2008. Summer of '08 I rode my light bike till July to get into shape before lugging a 48 lbs bike up hill everyday but when I did in July I had a huge problem with the bike. Due to a bad situation with a pair of CRAPPY ASS bontrager flagship wheels, King Earls that came on the bike, the hub broke 20 minutes into the first ride, I'm sure you heard me complain on here two years ago about having to walk out of the woods two miles in 90 degree heat, took three weeks to get part and fix, the hub, then 20 minutes into THAT ride, again, broke, then five weeks to get whole new HUB under warranty and relace the wheel, finally summer is over, and made a decision rather than ride and break the hub again, I'll sell the set as a new set on Ebay, not a scratch on them. List is $650. Tried selling on Ebay for $500, couldn't sell. So the bike sat. I refused to ride it and use the crappy bontragers and have to take even MORE of a bath on the wheels. December '09 arrives. I put the wheels on Ebay for a steal price and they finally sell. I buy over the winter a set of Hadleys, best money I ever spent, and Sun MTX 33's laced to my door like $750 bucks. Well worth not having to ever deal with Bontrager quality EVER again. Let me say that again. EVER again. Thank you. Finally get the bike out last summer for it's first riding since it was bought with only 40 minutes riding on it. Have a blast. Now this winter bike sat again. Still has the same exact pads on the front. They are NOT worn. The full pad is almost there. One season of riding on them in the park. No big deal. Now, the front brake pulls all the way and I get no brake. WHY?
No leaking? No usage hardly, am I having another Trek/Gary Fisher possessed bike moment?
Anyone with an answer is welcome because it's $20 at my LBS to bleed them, I already did twice, and it hasn't fixed the problem so a new front brake would run me $55 plus ship. I'm probably better off buying new but if Hayes Brake is going to be that cheap quality, I'm going Avid this time. Anyone that might know why a non leaking brake would just start losing pull on the left side, till now it goes all the way to the handlebar with NO brake whatsoever, let me know what it may be. I rejuiced them twice yesterday and I've done it before on another bike so you can't tell me it's my error or my other Hayes Mag Nine would not be working and it grabs the moment you put pressure on the handle.
Why would a Hayes Mag Nine stop working with only one season on it and basically the new original pads on it? Why would it stop working? Bleeding it isn't working, and I'm using Hayes specific fluid for filling it.
Take ride with rear brake only, almost slide out on turn and go off into the woods, decide, it's time to figure out what's wrong with the brake. Call my LBS says it's not covered under lifetime adjustments, it's wear and tear. I decide to use my brake bleed kid, hayes of course. I put FULL bottle through the brake line, from brake caliper bike up right, towards handlebar, back into a catch bottle. See NO bubbles at all after squeezing 3/4 of DOT into it, pull the plug out, screw tiny screw back in, no brakes.
Try it again, second time, do the same thing, only this time, I pull the plug out that is feeding back into the catch bottle and let the fluid go all over the place coming out of the hole, and put screw in, WHILE squeezing the bottle to insure no bubbles get in the line, tight screw, try it again... nothing.
So, brand new Hayes Brakes, mag nines, Never seen a leak, no reside on handle bar OR in the line leading too or at the brake. CLEAN PARTS!
What' the problem? Piston? Bad Hayes brake?
I hardly rode the bike. Bought it in January 2008. Summer of '08 I rode my light bike till July to get into shape before lugging a 48 lbs bike up hill everyday but when I did in July I had a huge problem with the bike. Due to a bad situation with a pair of CRAPPY ASS bontrager flagship wheels, King Earls that came on the bike, the hub broke 20 minutes into the first ride, I'm sure you heard me complain on here two years ago about having to walk out of the woods two miles in 90 degree heat, took three weeks to get part and fix, the hub, then 20 minutes into THAT ride, again, broke, then five weeks to get whole new HUB under warranty and relace the wheel, finally summer is over, and made a decision rather than ride and break the hub again, I'll sell the set as a new set on Ebay, not a scratch on them. List is $650. Tried selling on Ebay for $500, couldn't sell. So the bike sat. I refused to ride it and use the crappy bontragers and have to take even MORE of a bath on the wheels. December '09 arrives. I put the wheels on Ebay for a steal price and they finally sell. I buy over the winter a set of Hadleys, best money I ever spent, and Sun MTX 33's laced to my door like $750 bucks. Well worth not having to ever deal with Bontrager quality EVER again. Let me say that again. EVER again. Thank you. Finally get the bike out last summer for it's first riding since it was bought with only 40 minutes riding on it. Have a blast. Now this winter bike sat again. Still has the same exact pads on the front. They are NOT worn. The full pad is almost there. One season of riding on them in the park. No big deal. Now, the front brake pulls all the way and I get no brake. WHY?
No leaking? No usage hardly, am I having another Trek/Gary Fisher possessed bike moment?
Anyone with an answer is welcome because it's $20 at my LBS to bleed them, I already did twice, and it hasn't fixed the problem so a new front brake would run me $55 plus ship. I'm probably better off buying new but if Hayes Brake is going to be that cheap quality, I'm going Avid this time. Anyone that might know why a non leaking brake would just start losing pull on the left side, till now it goes all the way to the handlebar with NO brake whatsoever, let me know what it may be. I rejuiced them twice yesterday and I've done it before on another bike so you can't tell me it's my error or my other Hayes Mag Nine would not be working and it grabs the moment you put pressure on the handle.
Why would a Hayes Mag Nine stop working with only one season on it and basically the new original pads on it? Why would it stop working? Bleeding it isn't working, and I'm using Hayes specific fluid for filling it.