Hi i have just got some hayes nine F&R but they dont feel like my other ones on my DH bike , they seem to feel soft and the lever can go back really far , when i want it to move only about half a inch , is there anyways to make it do so , or do i need to re-bleed them and what tips do you have about doing so?
ya nines r generally pretty shitty brakes that seem to always have problems like that, u cud try rebleeding them and seeing if that workss... wat kind of brakes did u run before???
ya those are soooooo much better brakes i have compared both of them side to side on the exact same bike and the sevens perform much better in all conditions, u mite wanna consider switching back to juicy's, but see if there is anything you can do about the hayes first
Since you just got them and probably dont feel like buying new ones you should probably give them a bleed. Sometimes they have air from the factory bleed, something i have heard about avids on here as well.
Ignore the stupid comments like, get other brakes!!
So this is how it goes...
One: If you've just got them they might of not bedded in.
Two: Which i'm pretty sure is the answer is... If you look on your lever there is a little bolt, i think it might be 1.5mm im not too sure can't remember. Anyway, if you rotate the bolt to the right, your lever will be pushed further out therefore stopping the lever touching the bar the difference is very noticable and may strain your fingers if you take it too far.
The best advice i can give you for this problem is go out for a day of riding and keep stopping to sort out the levers till you feel comfortable, and the end of the day when your pads are soaked and so is your disk the lever tends to feel too easy to pull under full braking power.
This is from my experience of these brakes, AND I LOVE THEM! Just i need new pads!
EDIT: The bolts come with loctite pre applied i believe, however after many months the loctite doesnt seem to hold the bolts at all to the standard so they may rattle slowly out and so your levers return to a closer to bar position.
Ignore the stupid comments like, get other brakes!!
So this is how it goes...
One: If you've just got them they might of not bedded in.
Two: Which i'm pretty sure is the answer is... If you look on your lever there is a little bolt, i think it might be 1.5mm im not too sure can't remember. Anyway, if you rotate the bolt to the right, your lever will be pushed further out therefore stopping the lever touching the bar the difference is very noticable and may strain your fingers if you take it too far.
The best advice i can give you for this problem is go out for a day of riding and keep stopping to sort out the levers till you feel comfortable, and the end of the day when your pads are soaked and so is your disk the lever tends to feel too easy to pull under full braking power.
This is from my experience of these brakes, AND I LOVE THEM! Just i need new pads!
EDIT: The bolts come with loctite pre applied i believe, however after many months the loctite doesnt seem to hold the bolts at all to the standard so they may rattle slowly out and so your levers return to a closer to bar position.
i had to do the same thing for my Hayes when i first got 'em but after that i have had no other problems with 'em.
A shop looking at them will be the best. I had a love hate relationship with mine. From my experience, either a) try using a 2mm and moving your levers out (do it before going to a bike shop) b)put in a few hours of riding on them (also before taking them in) if it isn't the first two it could be c) contaminated or worn pads d) the springs in the leverbody have broken or e) they have a leek in the cable (may not be obvious) or f) they need to rebled.
Do a and b, it all fails take it into the shop - only they can point you in the right direction with Hayes.
It takes quite a while to dial in hayes - but than they are amazing. I prefer their feel over my new avid juicy 7's.
Hayes are more powerful than Avid 7s. Ditched my 7s, for Codes which may still be replaced by my old trusty Hayes 9s as i've had nothing but problems with Avids.
Hope you get them working nice and Crisp, they're Top brakes.
Hayes are more powerful than Avid 7s. Ditched my 7s, for Codes which may still be replaced by my old trusty Hayes 9s as i've had nothing but problems with Avids.
Hope you get them working nice and Crisp, they're Top brakes.
that is BS. i have a hayes 9 with a V7 rotor on the front of my bike and a Juicy 7 with a 185 rotor on the back. (when the back hayes died i replaced it.) even thought the juicy is on the back it always has more power. i will take avid over hayes any day.