Hey there person behind a screen welcome back to this week's Tuesday tip where in this video
We're going to be talking about one big reason that your breaks could suck
So what we're gonna be talking about today is the pivot point on your brake lever where the lever itself actually
moves if you didn't know there are brass bushings inside of here that if they get worn out and
Rough they can make for an equally as rough and worn out brake pull, so what we're gonna
Do is we're gonna take this bolt out here right here. We're gonna. Take this bolt out
We're gonna take the actual lever itself out
And we're gonna see how the bushings in my brake lever look because I haven't taken this apart since I got it
Alright the bolt is out so now we're just going to
Take the lever
Out as well. Oh actually
Okay, so here's one thing for the Odyssey mono. Lever this bolt is not the only thing that has to come out
I forgot there's actually a little collar type thing that goes through the lever itself that the bolt
Screws into that you have to take out as well, so
now that these are out the brake lever should come out there you go and
You can see the bushing so
My bushing is actually in pretty good shape
Try and get a better view here
It's a little dirty because I put some try flow in here before to try and make it smoother
That's another thing that you can do if your bushings are good and your brakes are still pulling bad
So there's a bushing on top and then there's the bushing on the bottom
and if you take these apart and part of its missing or
It's just the metals beat-up rough-looking
Chances are you're gonna want to replace it and usually brake levers come with these to replace
It's a known issue
So I looked on the internet and most brake levers that I saw said something about this so
Chances are if you have a brake lever, and it's your brakes or not
Chances are if you have a brake lever of course you have a brake lever if you have brakes
Chances are if your brakes aren't pulling good and your cables are fine
You have no friction points other than the typical ones
Then this is probably your issue you want to replace your bushings
Put your lever back in and if you have the Odyssey model lever
You put the collar piece in first in the bottom
and
Line it up
And then you just put your bolt back in one thing to talk about is that if your bushings are fine and
Your brakes still don't pull very well. You're gonna want to check your cables
Because there could be a kink there just there could be some other issue that's binding your cables up
Also, check your brake Springs because if you have your brake Springs too tight that could also cause it to not pull as good
but
Usually this is one big issue that
you don't really think about another thing to think about too is you don't want to have it too tight because if you
tighten this bolt too much it pinches down on the parts where the lever goes in and the bushings and
Doesn't let it pull or move as easily
One way to tell if your bushings are junk without actually taking your lever apart is
Doing this wiggle right here if this moves a lot like a huge amount
Chances are that there's no bushings in there because the bushings are what's taking up that excess space
Between the actual housing or whatever you want to call it here and the pivot point of the lever itself so pretty much
If your brakes suck check your bushings check your cables check your springs
Between those those are the only things that really make it up. You should be able to find it but
Chances are if your brakes are terrible, and you can't find any other issues. This is where your problems at if your bushings are fine
lube it put some try flow on there check your cables and
Should be good to go one other thing
I wanted to add in here is that this is what the bushings look like when they're brand new with the Odyssey
Mono, lever it comes with an extra bolt and two bushings they're brass so this is what they look like brand new
And this is what you're gonna want to replace if the ones that are in here. Do not look like this
hopefully at least a few of you found this video useful if so share it with somebody who has really terrible brakes and
We'll catch you in the next one. Thanks for watching guys. Goodbye