step 1) drive your bike to the shop
2) enter the shop
3) give them your ride
4) tell them to replace your brake cable
5) pay
6) ride your bike
if you've got no idea what to do, go have your local shop do it. you'll probubly get raped on pricing but theres no way your brake will work correctly if not.
step 1) drive your bike to the shop
2) enter the shop
3) give them your ride
4) tell them to replace your brake cable
5) pay
6) ride your bike
if you've got no idea what to do, go have your local shop do it. you'll probubly get raped on pricing but theres no way your brake will work correctly if not.
Call your LBS and get an idea of price. The extra money will probably be worth not having the headache especially if you're like me and don't know how to do it.
guys, im not retarded, i can bleed brakes just fine. i was just wondering how to replace a cable w/o getting air into the master cylinder, or if thats even an issue.
No offense, but people are not going to take you seriously when you call hydraulic lines "cables". You get the "go to the LBS" response b/c it doesn't sound like you know what you are doing and people don't want you to damage your bike.
guys, im not retarded, i can bleed brakes just fine. i was just wondering how to replace a cable w/o getting air into the master cylinder, or if thats even an issue.
I feel so stupid after looking at this thread. If you don't know how to change a hose, then I doubt you can bleed a brake well. If you can't get the terminolagy right, then I doubt you can do it just fine. It takes years of practice, and can take mechanics a few times to even getting working right.
guys, im not retarded, i can bleed brakes just fine. i was just wondering how to replace a cable w/o getting air into the master cylinder, or if thats even an issue.
BTW, skipping over the fact that you called a hose a cable, the difficult part about replacing a hose is bleeding, i.e. taking the air out the hose.
Even if you figure out how to do it, the real problem is the DOT fluid is very toxic and will eat your frame paint. And trust me, if this is your first time bleeding a Hayes, you better have rags and newspaper everywhere.
BTW, the trick to bleeding Hayes is finding a fitting to the reservoir port. We use a housing ferrule and a buddy uses industrial syringes.
I wasn't/am not trying to be a dick. I was lazy and didn't see that others had already pointed this out. I really am a nice guy who knows what he is talking about and am trying to help out a fellow mountain biker.
I wasn't/am not trying to be a dick. I was lazy and didn't see that others had already pointed this out. I really am a nice guy who knows what he is talking about and am trying to help out a fellow mountain biker.
You guys need to chill out. Cable, line, hose- who cares? If the boy wants to f--- up his brakes a bit in an attempt to fix them, let him. I screwed up tons of stuff when learning how to do it right. I assume all you guys were experts from day one, yeah? I learned how to work on my bike by reading a bit and then just trying it out.
You guys need to chill out. Cable, line, hose- who cares? If the boy wants to f--- up his brakes a bit in an attempt to fix them, let him. I screwed up tons of stuff when learning how to do it right. I assume all you guys were experts from day one, yeah? I learned how to work on my bike by reading a bit and then just trying it out.
im acctually shocked that this was a real thread. to think i thought he was just joking the whole time.lthumbsdown:
tmoney heres some great advice for you man. take your rig to the lbs and let them fix everything. cause if your calling a hydraulic hose a cable then you really dont need to be wrenching, and bleeding your own brakes sorry bro just speaking the truth here.
No problem. Without the benefit of voice inflections even the most benevolent post can come across wrong and I wanted our brake friend to know that we are trting to help him, not flame him for being new.
The first set of hydraulic brakes I had were Magura rim brakes back in like 1995. I think I spent over 6 hours trying to get them to work right, but eventually succeeded.
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