Tyrolia Break Bending

[FOX3R]

So I need some quick help from the peanut gallery. I have some tyrolia 115mm brakes that I need bent to 140mm. Everyone keeps saying how hard they are to bend, but I want to know what is the most effective way to do it (aka not breaking them)? Should I have them mounted up and then bend the breaks using a pipe or should I bend the breaks separately in a vice with pipe? Or would one of you who has experience like to bend my brakes for me (preferably not breaking them and I will throw you some money for your troubles)?

[Magnus_CA]

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[The Dad]

Magnus, that's a video of a Salomon brake bend. Tyrolias are much stiffer. I tried Marshal's method with Tyrolia brakes and ended up with broken brakes.

Bend them in a vice with a pipe and other tools, before mounting. (Tyrolia's mounting screws go through the brake, so you need to bend first.) Do not rely on the brake housing to hold the brake adequately. Trust me -- I broke two brakes trying to do so.

You will need to use the vice to grab the portion of the brake arm between the base (i.e., the thing that attaches to the rest of the binding) and the plate (i.e., the part that contacts the heel of the boot). That means you need a strong vice with narrow jaws that can fit in the tight space.

Once you have the brake arms nearly straightened, use the vice to straighten them the rest of the way by putting the bend in the vice and tightening.

Bend into the desired position by grabbing the brake arm in the vice and using your pipe for leverage.

[FOX3R]

Im gonna go with what alpinedad said and bend them up tomorrow at home. I'll take some pictures of the process, maybe a video or two and post it up here.

[El Chupacabra]

Magnus, that's a video of a Salomon brake bend. Tyrolias are much stiffer. I tried Marshal's method with Tyrolia brakes and ended up with broken brakes.

Bend them in a vice with a pipe and other tools, before mounting. (Tyrolia's mounting screws go through the brake, so you need to bend first.) Do not rely on the brake housing to hold the brake adequately. Trust me -- I broke two brakes trying to do so.

You will need to use the vice to grab the portion of the brake arm between the base (i.e., the thing that attaches to the rest of the binding) and the plate (i.e., the part that contacts the heel of the boot). That means you need a strong vice with narrow jaws that can fit in the tight space.

Once you have the brake arms nearly straightened, use the vice to straighten them the rest of the way by putting the bend in the vice and tightening.

Bend into the desired position by grabbing the brake arm in the vice and using your pipe for leverage.

^^^ What he said.

I bent my Tyrolia brakes easily with putting the brake baseplate in a bench vise, and bending the brake arms (one at a time) with a piece of pipe.

They are harder to bend than Salomons, but it's not that hard.

[Core Shot]

Thanks, dudes. I was trying to freebend the brakes with wrenches, and quickly realized no can do.

On the ski would fail for sure.

So my next thought was bench vise or bench vise with torch heat. Cool to know I don' t need the heat.

This place is awesome

[Core Shot]

Update, holy shitballs is that some tough metal.

I finally put them in a vise (barely got to clamp them in), hammered the leg out 45 degrees, then re-clamped to hammer the leg back down to parallel with the ski edges.
I could not bend them with a pliers or vise grip.
Had to hammer them up and down once they were in the bench vise.
I tried a torch, but that did not help without risking plastic melt.

FYI, I bent the 115mm brakes to 125, so I had barely enough room to clamp the vise on the metal brake to straighten it before re-bending.

If you have standard brakes, i think you would have to drill out the rivet and disassemble the brake arms to be able to manipulate them in the vise.

[MnO]

Just use a stiff and long steel pipe that fits just over the brake. If you just are able to get them clamped in properly, you will get a massive torque to work with. That will be much, much easier than bending it with a hammer.

[shaft]

About to bend these brakes from 98mm to 120mm.

Which spot do I bend it at?

[XXX-er]

If you just are able to get them clamped in properly, you will get a massive torque to work with..

well thats the problem to get a good clamp on the brake arm you would have to drill out the rivet

I am doing my deadbolt 13's right now & core shots observations are pretty much spot on ,you will break the plastic mounting assembly if you try to bend on the ski or melt it if you use heat


I am playing around with hammers/wrenches/shop mate /vise and it will work

my salomon 977's were way easier

the easiest was my 7tm tele bindings brakes ... I used a large axe and a chopping block

[shaft]

XXX-er

Maybe try this method from the "canonical..." thread, except with the vice grips clamped on the part of the brake-arm inside the black plastic housing.



(I've never bent brakes though, and don't know shit)

[XXX-er]

thanx man ,I just finished all the measuring ,drillin, screwin N gluin ... the brakes would have been the next step

if I can get away from this stupid fucking box

[The Dad]

Bump for stevied's strong work with [ame="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2619154"]photos and detailed instructions[/ame].

[XXX-er]

bending those brakes was looking like a big headache so before I tried the bending I went back to the dealer to see what he could do for me

he sold me some 115mm brakes for 25$ which he said was his cost ... I figure much less hassle

the 115mm brakes look like they would be much easier to bend than the skinny ones where you just don't have much to grab onto

[The Dad]

the 115mm brakes look like they would be much easier to bend than the skinny ones where you just don't have much to grab onto

There is a decent amount to grab. The arms are just burly as fuck.

[stevied]

For $25 I would buy brakes too. For me its $35 + shipping, so I bend.