Brake parts
08-06-21, 01:10 PM
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Brake parts
I hope you guys don't mind simple questions. What is the eyelet for at the base of my pinky and the triangle piece sitting by itself. Two of them connect below the brake pads.
08-06-21, 01:20 PM
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The triangle pieces are tire guides. When installing your wheel, its function is to guide the tire between the brake pads. Does it help? Meh...
The eyelet hole is most likely aesthetics.. but also a grip function when opening the caliper arms.
The eyelet hole is most likely aesthetics.. but also a grip function when opening the caliper arms.
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I think the 'eyelet' is actually part of the quick release to open the brake slightly to remove the wheel. It's probably 'closed' when the eye is pointing down towards the brake pad, and open when pointing up (as it is in the picture).
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08-06-21, 01:25 PM
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The "eyelet" thing on the right side is not an eyelet - it's just a place to grab and turn what is a quick-open mechanism; swing up (like the position it's in now) and it enables you to loosen the brake pads apart to make on/off of the wheel possible without having to unclamp the brake cable. Yours just happens to have a hole there, but it could be filled in solid metal and it works the same.
The thing on your palm, I'm not sure.
The thing on your palm, I'm not sure.
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08-09-21, 07:49 AM
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Can’t say for sure but the “eyelet” most likely had a rubber or plastic cover that has long since gone missing. I have a few bikes with that type of brake caliper and most had the cover still intact. I put improvised covers on the ones that didn’t.
