Help w/ Setting Promax Brakes

JW said:

I have a stock Trek 7100 with Promax brakes. The left pad
on the front often rubs against the rim after using the
brakes. That is, both sides of the brake don't return
evenly to the open position. It doesn't look like there is
any way to adjust the relative tension of each side of the
brake, the entire unit just swivels back and forth over
the single allen screw on each side.

So how does one fix this problem?

Thanks -

jon

My Mongoose 04 Crossway 450 has Promax Brakes. They can be
adjusted for this problem, as there is a small black
'phillips head' screw near the swivel point of the brake on
each side, which must alter the brake spring seating
position. Hopefully yours are the same. If not they may be
adjustable by undoing the mounting Allen Screw to reveal
several alternative brake spring anchoring points which when
changed result in a fix to this problem. Good Luck

Tspoon said:

JW said:

I have a stock Trek 7100 with Promax brakes. The left pad
on the front often rubs against the rim after using the
brakes. That is, both sides of the brake don't return
evenly to the open position. It doesn't look like there
is any way to adjust the relative tension of each side of
the brake, the entire unit just swivels back and forth
over the single allen screw on each side.

So how does one fix this problem?

Thanks -

jon

My Mongoose 04 Crossway 450 has Promax Brakes. They can be
adjusted for this problem, as there is a small black
'phillips head' screw near the swivel point of the brake on
each side, which must alter the brake spring seating
position. Hopefully yours are the same. If not they may be
adjustable by undoing the mounting Allen Screw to reveal
several alternative brake spring anchoring points which
when changed result in a fix to this problem. Good Luck

Ah, so THAT'S what the small black screw is for!

Thanks for the quick reply!

jon
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