Originally Posted by
Barchettaman
I‘m sure there’s a decent reason for making things more difficult than they need to be, but I can’t think of one just at the moment.
Some of us have so much experience doing things the old ways that we don't find them inconvenient. I've probably adjusted a thousand Weinmann center-pull calipers. A 1mm difference in adjustment at the cable is an appreciable change. I got used to the very iterative trial and error of loosening the pinch bolt, moving the cable 1mm, tightening. Sometimes to do it, I had to remove a brake shoe every iteration. It's not something I recommend to others, but I can do it just fine.