Originally Posted by
daverup
Use caution if you tear these down. I believe the pivot bearing is a stack with tiny ball bearings.
Akkkk!!! Good to know!
Originally Posted by
hazetguy
op, you could/should perhaps drip some lube into the pivots.
I just did this and it did help some, but, still fairly stiff.
My previous post, #6, has the issue correctly identified, I had no idea that different dual pivot shimano brakes have different cable pull requirements, SLr is different from SUPER SLR, which is different from NEW SUPER SLR, and the previous owner replaced the SUPER SLR ;levers with NEW SUPER SLR levers which does result in less powerful brakes, so I've ordered up some NEW SUPER SLR brakes to go with the NEW SUPER SLR levers.... *sigh*
given all the different cable pull ratios one could get super powerful brakes by using SUPER SLR levers with NEW SUPER SLR calipers...