There was really annoying free play on the levers of my Avid Code R brakes. At the end of the lever the play resulted in probably 1 cm of movement before the actual master piston started to move. Well, today I found a really simple way to remove this play altogether. I cut a small section of an old innertube and wrapped it around the handlebar and the brake lever, like this:
This may be an old or really obvious way to some of you, but if someone is struggling with a solution to fix the play, I recommend this, it seems to work really well.
When the piece of the tube is at the base of the lever, it produces enough force to remove all the play, but not really engage the brake piston. If I moved the tube towards the end of the lever, the force will be too much and the brakes are engaged all the time.
This may be an old or really obvious way to some of you, but if someone is struggling with a solution to fix the play, I recommend this, it seems to work really well.
When the piece of the tube is at the base of the lever, it produces enough force to remove all the play, but not really engage the brake piston. If I moved the tube towards the end of the lever, the force will be too much and the brakes are engaged all the time.