I have the BR-M600 V-brakes myself. They are really all a person needs on a bike. They're easy to maintain and rebuilding the brakes once every 5 years is all that is needed for the average bike enthusiast, Pads are only $3.00 a pair off Ebay and a pair of new brake pads will usually last me 3 to 4 years. Great simple straight forward video on rebuilding V-brakes! A friend of mine owns a GIANT bike shop in Taiwan and even they said that the newer disc brake setup is major overkill for a bike and that unless the individual is an extremely serious biker and uses their bike to make a living. The weight ratio to the entire weight of the bike makes disc brakes barely feasible for exercise (and braking) since most people bike for the purpose of exercise, not showing off what they have.
Man these are sooo awsome; they came installed on a Specialized I bought but I installed them on my vintage trek, if you have them hold on to them as their value will grow, here they are worth 70/80 bucks but inscrease every year.
Could I actually have one more question for you. The part of the video where you use vice to clamp all the parts together, is there some clear indication that you have squeezed it enough? What I mean by that is, I disassembled all 4 breaks, mounted them back on the bike and now on one of my breaks there is tiny gap between the break arm (the navy-ish thing in your video) and the plastic housing/cover (say the gap is less than a 1mm) that is holding all the components in. I was not able to tell clearly if when pressing all the parts together it was squeezed enough or I should keep squeezing the parts some more, I did not have to use vice, for me standard pliers did the job, but I was wondering if I should disassemble that one break again to eliminate the gap so moisture (or splashing water/debris) could not get in. But as I am thinking about it now, that small gap should not matter for moisture since the break is not sealed from the back side (the side that it is attached to the bike) anyway so it is probably not meant to be water tight. Thanks in advance for your opinion. Have a nice day.
Thanks a lot for the video! One of my front brakes was stuck (the part that you mentioned was able to be bought as a spare part but is discontinued now - was pain to make it work but eventually it got loose with ton of WD40) and with the help of your video I was able to do a proper maintenance on all my breaks - I own a bike that had these attached since it was new (15+ years) so it was about the time to do a proper cleanup and maintenance. One question. I have seen you not use any thread locker on the 2mm nut or the phillips screw - they both originally had (red and blue thread locker on them) Did you find yours getting loose over time or if tightened properly it should be fine even without thread locker on them? Thanks, have a nice day.
Hi, It’s something you should add on any bolt or screw that receives alot of movement or vibration from usage. It keeps the screw or bolt in place. I’d recommend that you put some, to evade the screw losing it’s position. It ‘s good that you noticed this and I simply didn’t have the knowledge at the time of making this video to proscribe adding some
@@atboy4342 Thank for your reply. I bought some blue loctite threadlock and added on both the bolts. The brakes are as good as new now! Have a good one.
Thx. For tutorial. My friends are rusty as F*** tho
I have the BR-M600 V-brakes myself. They are really all a person needs on a bike. They're easy to maintain and rebuilding the brakes once every 5 years is all that is needed for the average bike enthusiast, Pads are only $3.00 a pair off Ebay and a pair of new brake pads will usually last me 3 to 4 years.
Great simple straight forward video on rebuilding V-brakes!
A friend of mine owns a GIANT bike shop in Taiwan and even they said that the newer disc brake setup is major overkill for a bike and that unless the individual is an extremely serious biker and uses their bike to make a living. The weight ratio to the entire weight of the bike makes disc brakes barely feasible for exercise (and braking) since most people bike for the purpose of exercise, not showing off what they have.
Man these are sooo awsome; they came installed on a Specialized I bought but I installed them on my vintage trek, if you have them hold on to them as their value will grow, here they are worth 70/80 bucks but inscrease every year.
Is this some kind of retirement investment plan?
Could I actually have one more question for you.
The part of the video where you use vice to clamp all the parts together, is there some clear indication that you have squeezed it enough? What I mean by that is, I disassembled all 4 breaks, mounted them back on the bike and now on one of my breaks there is tiny gap between the break arm (the navy-ish thing in your video) and the plastic housing/cover (say the gap is less than a 1mm) that is holding all the components in. I was not able to tell clearly if when pressing all the parts together it was squeezed enough or I should keep squeezing the parts some more, I did not have to use vice, for me standard pliers did the job, but I was wondering if I should disassemble that one break again to eliminate the gap so moisture (or splashing water/debris) could not get in.
But as I am thinking about it now, that small gap should not matter for moisture since the break is not sealed from the back side (the side that it is attached to the bike) anyway so it is probably not meant to be water tight.
Thanks in advance for your opinion. Have a nice day.
Thanks a lot for the video! One of my front brakes was stuck (the part that you mentioned was able to be bought as a spare part but is discontinued now - was pain to make it work but eventually it got loose with ton of WD40) and with the help of your video I was able to do a proper maintenance on all my breaks - I own a bike that had these attached since it was new (15+ years) so it was about the time to do a proper cleanup and maintenance.
One question. I have seen you not use any thread locker on the 2mm nut or the phillips screw - they both originally had (red and blue thread locker on them) Did you find yours getting loose over time or if tightened properly it should be fine even without thread locker on them?
Thanks, have a nice day.
Hi, It’s something you should add on any bolt or screw that receives alot of movement or vibration from usage. It keeps the screw or bolt in place. I’d recommend that you put some, to evade the screw losing it’s position. It ‘s good that you noticed this and I simply didn’t have the knowledge at the time of making this video to proscribe adding some
@@atboy4342 Thank for your reply. I bought some blue loctite threadlock and added on both the bolts. The brakes are as good as new now! Have a good one.
Is the xt series t870 has the same way to disassembly?