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I have a 20 inch freestyle mongoose that has a gyro headset.....my question is If the rear brake set has a cable that runs from the gyro set up and at the end of cable is a triangle shaped deal that the side post brake arms that has a cable going from one to the other well the piece acts as a slider {the triengle shaped piece of metal with a bolt on it..Does the front intail the same deal
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raise the back of the bike and put the wheel between the rear stays place the chain on the freewheel, and pull the wheel back and then just tighten the wheel nuts.
Take it to a bike shop, you are dealing with a trick bike. You do not want to have the brakes fail from a bad adjustment, unless you have the right tools and know how, because you are having to deal with the spacing on the detangler and it takes skill to do it right, do not do it yourself. Someone can get hurt in a diy.
Could have sticky or seized up crank bearings where the pedals are or the rear wheel bearings. Have you tried pedaling and spraying a lubricant where all the bearings are or remove and re-grease the bearings?
Firstly, remove the centre lock nut on the stem. This loosens the stem/headset. Pull the handlebars up and rest them next to the front wheel, make sure the brake cables aren't being stretched too much.
You'll see there is a locknut on the headset (at the top of the frame/top tube where you pulled the stem from) and loosen this (might need a massive spanner!).
Pull offthe toppart of the headset, ball races and lower part. Replace with the gyro bottom and top parts. Grease the ball bearing if they aren't already!
Slide it together, fit the stem and you'll notice the brake lines that come with it. Undo the rear brake, run the splitter cable from the front lever to the top half of the gyro, same with the bottom half. I found putting some padded stickytape on the bars helped here as the splitter cable would 'ting' off the bars.
Undo the front brake and run it through the stem hole, through the forks and cable tie it to one fork leg.
Test the brakes, adjust where necessary and on you go pulling bar-spins for fun. Please don't land a jump with the bars half spun, it hurts....a lot!!
Have a look at this site:http://www.bikeguide.org/how-to/brakes/brakes.php Also see this one:http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=144 Please rate this if it helps.
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