Spongy mechanical disc brakes cheap upgrade.

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[SomeoneKillMesmh]

"cheap upgrade"
proceeds to buy a new caliper

[john_john_john]

How to fix spongy brakes (100% guaranteed cheap fix etc):
1. buy new brakes

[lihtan]

The trick I use for spongy brakes, that doesn't involve replacing anything, is to take the stretch out of the brake cable. Take up all the cable slack at the caliper, and wind out the barrel adjuster. Squeeze the brake lever as hard as you can. Keep taking up the slack until the cable won't stretch any more. I've gotten cheap mechanical brakes to feel just as solid as a set of hydraulic brakes.

[hogey]

A whole mt200 shimano front hydraulic brake is $50usd. Ready to attach, no bleeding or assembly. If you are beyond a well adjusted mechanical brake, that's your upgrade.

[Yippeee]

Im crying in disbeliefe, it just needed a little adjustment or a new brake pad, but he changed the whole thing🤣🤣🤣🤣goddamn

[bf]

Or just upgrade to the $70 shimano hydraulic brakes. 100 times better than those mechanical

[eljangoesrandom]

If its spongy there's an adjustment screw on the opposite side of the piston you just gotta center the rotor between the pads

[ivanjednobiegowiec]

... and the answer is compressionless outer. No need for new callipers... And much cheaper.

[FedeBL]

Spongy brake lever in mechanical setup is due to wrong cable sheaths. Use the correct stuff (compression resistant, axial strands) and you will improve greatly the performance.

[EXTREMENESSBMXMOTOCROSS]

Bike shop guy here lol from my experience if your mechanical disc break feels spongy make sure that the caliper and cable are adjusted properly and if it's still spongy it's more likely that the housing has gotten old and worn out and it will literally compress and if it's bad you will see the housing tighten up and if that's the case it's a good idea to replace the cable aswell with the housing

[edwinsantiago]

Every time something goes wrong you just get a new part easy fix.
I did agree on your repair skills

[Nico-jtll]

.. And you still would have spongy brakes 😯
It is essential to you use compressionless cable housings like Jagwire keb-sl and metal endcaps with mechanical disc brakes. I don't remember a bike manufacturer who does this from stock and it frightens. So drop the caliper upgrade and go to your lbs who knows his stuff 😁

[jameswo]

Freio Shimano é top, mesmo sendo mecanico.

[bobsaget]

When you move the arm up when making an adjustment you steal leverage from the brake and make it weaker. It’s a cheater way to adjust a disc brake. Proper way is to make sure the rotor is as straight as possible, align the caliper as close as possible to the brake pad that actually moves in when you pull the lever, use the adjuster on the caliper to move the brake pad on the other side over as close as possible without touching, then make sure the barrel adjuster is all the way screwed in on the lever, string the brake cable up and use a ferrule if it will fit, pull hard on the brake cable and make sure the brake arm is resting at its lowest position, while keeping tension on the brake cable with knipex or some grabbing tool use your other hand to pull the brake lever, this will help seat everything if you have installed new cable and housing, then once you have done this tighten the bolt to secure the cable to the brake arm. Pull the lever a few times hard to seat everything and then undo the cable and pull the slack out, look to see if you are able to move the non arm side pad anymore as often when you pull the brake the pads will settle in a little bit and you can sometimes get one more click out of the opposite adjuster side. The most important thing other than a properly bled brake for any disc braking system is a rotor that is dead straight. Use a rotor straightens gauge to get your rotor straight to within .01mm and you will have rock solid brakes that don’t rub, even when turning. I do this all day long at my shop and that rotor gauge tool is invaluable, it takes a lot of patience but once you get it the performance and reliability of disc brakes goes way up.

[isaacvandeberg]

The true way to make these less spongy is to preload the clamping mechanism just a little bit. By clamping the cable with the mechanism already slightly engaged you decrease the pull distance necessary to effectively brake while leaving the gap between the pads and the rotor untouched

[OberLuisNaveaSegura-trtp]

Que fácil se ve cambiar y volver a ajustar un sistema de frenos y más cuando tienes todo para reemplazarlo, pero cuando estás en un país clml Cuba donde cualquier pieza te vale un ojo y la mitad del otro hay que hacer reparaciones o reajustes para seguir tirando.

[tomlawless]

Haha cables are back not long now and rim brakes will be back to ;)

[SamarthM]

Bruhh u can just change the cable with some adjustments still get rid of spongy brakes

[diegoeleazar]

You need a dual piston caliper rathen than another new single piston.

[MegaPhill]

and after that upgrade its still spongy