How to bend Marker brakes?

[GeorgiaSnow]

If my search skills, or lack thereof, missed the relevant thread just call me some names and direct me to the already existent thread. But I have a bent brake I’d like to try to bend back in the right direction. Help appreciated.


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[GPP33]

Vice+hammer = brake.

[The Tortoise]

I've read the best way is to use a vice or a piece of pipe to bend them back, remove the Markers and then replace them with Look Pivots.

[GeorgiaSnow]

I assumed I’d get at least one replace with pivots response.


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[Rideski]

MarshalOlson made a vid about it that I used to bend mine.
If you PM iceman he can help you find it.

[GeorgiaSnow]

Thanks


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[Vitamin I]

For Griffon/Jester brakes, it works great for me to use a table vise and a pipe. The arms can be flipped out of the spring-loaded part of the housing, then it fits well into table vise. Then I widen it by bending the arm outward, usually only by 10-20 degrees, then I bend the very end of the arm back inward. At the end, it's a little tricky to get the arms back into the spring-loaded housing, but you'll figure it out on your own. I am about 10 for 10 with Marker brakes, no arms snapped off, no troubles ever. But I have a high failure rate when bending FKS brakes.

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