broken spring on Record brake caliper

[Alan Gabrielli]

I recently broke the return spring on one of my campy record brakes
(for the second time!). These brakes are maybe 5 years old. Is this
common? Does anyone have any idea why in the world this spring should
break?

BTW, I have a >30 year old set of Nuovo Record brakes, still working fine.

Alan

 

[jim beam]

Alan Gabrielli wrote:
> I recently broke the return spring on one of my campy record brakes (for
> the second time!). These brakes are maybe 5 years old. Is this
> common? Does anyone have any idea why in the world this spring should
> break?
>
> BTW, I have a >30 year old set of Nuovo Record brakes, still working fine.
>
> Alan
>
are you using aggressive cleaning agents like simple green?

 

[Alan Gabrielli]

On 2006-06-24 20:40:17 -0400, jim beam <[email protected]> said:

> Alan Gabrielli wrote:
>> I recently broke the return spring on one of my campy record brakes
>> (for the second time!). These brakes are maybe 5 years old. Is this
>> common? Does anyone have any idea why in the world this spring should
>> break?
>>
>> BTW, I have a >30 year old set of Nuovo Record brakes, still working fine.
>>
>> Alan
>>
> are you using aggressive cleaning agents like simple green?

actually, yes, but not frequently (I wipe it clean much more often than
I clean it under the hose), but I never heard of Simple Green being a
problem

 

[jim beam]

Alan Gabrielli wrote:
> On 2006-06-24 20:40:17 -0400, jim beam <[email protected]> said:
>
>> Alan Gabrielli wrote:
>>
>>> I recently broke the return spring on one of my campy record brakes
>>> (for the second time!). These brakes are maybe 5 years old. Is this
>>> common? Does anyone have any idea why in the world this spring
>>> should break?
>>>
>>> BTW, I have a >30 year old set of Nuovo Record brakes, still working
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>> are you using aggressive cleaning agents like simple green?
>
>
> actually, yes, but not frequently (I wipe it clean much more often than
> I clean it under the hose), but I never heard of Simple Green being a
> problem
>
well it is - it's a stress corrosion agent. google for threads on what
it does to chains. i have a set of rims with all the [plated] steel
eyelets corroded out because of it too.

solution: replace your spring and keep s.g. the heck away from your
bike! be careful of other steel componentry, especially critical stuff
like brake cables. replace where possible.

 

[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

Alan Gabrielli wrote:
> I recently broke the return spring on one of my campy record brakes
> (for the second time!). These brakes are maybe 5 years old. Is this
> common? Does anyone have any idea why in the world this spring should
> break?
>
> BTW, I have a >30 year old set of Nuovo Record brakes, still working fine.
>
> Alan

Not uncommon...we have spares. Remember, everything today is about
lighter...not necessarily better-

 

[Alan Gabrielli]

On 2006-06-24 23:28:17 -0400, jim beam <[email protected]> said:

> Alan Gabrielli wrote:
>> On 2006-06-24 20:40:17 -0400, jim beam <[email protected]> said:
>>
>>> Alan Gabrielli wrote:
>>>
>>>> I recently broke the return spring on one of my campy record brakes
>>>> (for the second time!). These brakes are maybe 5 years old. Is this
>>>> common? Does anyone have any idea why in the world this spring should
>>>> break?
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I have a >30 year old set of Nuovo Record brakes, still working fine.
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>>
>>> are you using aggressive cleaning agents like simple green?
>>
>>
>> actually, yes, but not frequently (I wipe it clean much more often than
>> I clean it under the hose), but I never heard of Simple Green being a
>> problem
>>
> well it is - it's a stress corrosion agent. google for threads on what
> it does to chains. i have a set of rims with all the [plated] steel
> eyelets corroded out because of it too.
>
> solution: replace your spring and keep s.g. the heck away from your
> bike! be careful of other steel componentry, especially critical stuff
> like brake cables. replace where possible.

thanks for the advice!