Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I think I have a flat steel plate with slots in it that I used for this. I feel like Mafacs were a lot more tolerant of bad positioning than modern cantilever brakes. And a fixture takes a lot of guessing out of the process.
I used the wheel and the brakes in hand to place the posts in the appropriate location.
following the style of the time, so the ones on the fork were rather close together..
Now placing them on the blade center-line rather than offset towards each other.. is commonly done..