Paul's Motolite experts

[velofrog]

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tweaked it a little in photoshop so you can see the spring direction more clearly....

 

[paddy311]

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okay, well i'm gonna be contrary and play devil's advocate and say that the springs are sided wrongly.

the way you save them set up on you specialised they are not pulling away from the wheel correctly.....

check-out how they sit in this pic.....

I get what you're saying - but the thing is...... in your pic there is no tension on the springs. The adjusters are dead upright. If you tried to tension them up you are winding up the spring more. They're only small springs but are really fat square wire so they end up with 'coil bind' very quickly.

If you fit the springs the other way round like the OP (and I) do, then when you tension the adjuster nuts the springs unwind and make space for themselves rather than binding up.

I do agree that it LOOKS wrong and kinda messy that way, but trust me - you can tension them up best that way.

 

[velofrog]

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well paddy my friend, i shall bow to your superior knowledge on this one!!

:xmas-big-grin:

 

[paddy311]

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well paddy my friend, i shall bow to your superior knowledge on this one!!

:xmas-big-grin:

You know I'm gonna have to swap all the springs over on my bikes now just to make sure !!!

Damn paranoia :xmas-big-grin:

 

[velofrog]

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[itscervo]

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Here's a step by step build (excuse the 1 shakey & the 1 upside down).
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/3cr0ks2u075d ... Kr_DkpajOa

The brakes are tensioned by winding the spring tighter, just like any other spring return brake. Doing it the other way is the wrong way & will eventually distort the spring, this is probably the reason why Paul sells replacement springs.

 

[velofrog]

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does that mean i was right about the springs..... :shock:

:xmas-big-grin:

 

[paddy311]

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does that mean i was right about the springs..... :shock:

:xmas-big-grin:

Wish I'd never clicked on this thread ! My brakes work perfectly on both bikes and now I'm gonna take them to pieces just to prove to myself that the springs bind up if they're on the other way round :facepalm:

 

[Harryburgundy]

Thank you all for your time and advice.
I think I just had the small o ring on incorrectly
Not sure I like the design but let's see what the performance is like

 

[robdeanhove]

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okay, well i'm gonna be contrary and play devil's advocate and say that the springs are sided wrongly.

the way you save them set up on you specialised they are not pulling away from the wheel correctly.....

check-out how they sit in this pic.....

Exactly that which that man says up there, the springs should coil tighter and smaller to create tension, and will then sit neatly on the pivot. In your picture in the first thread, the springs are expanding to create tension, which I would say is the greatest contributor to the "untidy" look, and the springs being at a funny, untidy, angle. Hope you're happy with the end result!

Rob