You can probably get the reach you need with a recessed brake bolt from a standard road caliper, although the Sheldon nuts may be what you would want with the fender.
On Mar 11, 9:09 pm, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had squealing with BR550s on an Indy Fab Planet X. Finally solved > with massive toe OUT. Toe in didn't do squat. > > Have Tektro 720s on my Hillborne. Using a fork crown mounted Tektro > cable hanger, no squeal, without any toe in. Switched to a regular > headset mounted cable hanger, instant squeal, even after adjust toe in > a couple of times to pretty extreme levels. Switched pads to VO no > squeal, squeal gone. We'll see how long they last. > > The hanger I am talking about is item CAH59 > onhttp://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/cable-hardware-brake.html > > The Tektro fork crown mounted cable hanger is a god-send, but I had to > give it up because I installed a Nitto front rack AND fenders, and the > bolt on the rack is not quite long enough to accommodate everything. > Briefly thought of attaching the front fender L-bracket inside the > fork crown to shorten the stack, but that seemed overly fiddly. If the > VO pads wear too fast, perhaps I will resort to this option after all. > > Gernot > > On Mar 10, 7:37 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > > Seth, > > > I have a set of Mafacs and have the same experience as you...nosqueal. > > > I have a set of Mafac copies (similar geometry) and they squealed and > > vibrated, a toe in adjustment (wrench) and they merely vibrated. > > > They were quite loose on the cantilever post, the Mafacs are > > noticeably tighter. I don't have Pauls, but the look like they may > > not use the cantilever post as a bearing surface like the Mafacs do. > > > Angus > > > On Mar 8, 10:40 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > So, since forever I've had squealing front brake problems with the > > > shimano br550 cantis. The VO no-squealpads worked for a while but > > > they wore down remarkably fast. > > > > So this weekend I decided to bite the bullet and I took out an old > > > pair of mafac tandem cantis that I had from an old gitane tandem. > > > > After cursing at having to use a crescent wrench and lining up the > > > pads, I took them out and found: > > > > 1. they stop better than the shimanos > > > 2. they don'tsqueal. > > > > Here's my question - the paul neo-retros are based directly on the > > > mafacs, can I expect similar excellence from them? > > > > b/c right now - the price of the paul's is NOTHING compared to the > > > months of being annoyed at my squealing front brakes. > > > > -sv- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
