[...] Michael wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHere’s a simple How To….Adjusting your Avid BB5 Disc Brake Caliper. [...]

You want to know how to adjust Juicy 5’s…then you’ll get a how to with Juicy 5’s!

Let me work on that and post it as soon as we get it done.

RL

A couple of things Marc, if your adjusters are at their limit, then y you may want to adjust them back to their original position, then loosen the bolt that holds the cable in place on the caliper. Pull the cable taught, lift the lever on the caliper that activates it, hold it, then tighten the bolt. That should give you more room to play with the adjuster barrels if needed later on.

But one way to check your rotors. Spin the wheel, look at the caliper where the rotor goes in, and check if its warped. You can either have the LBS try and bend it back or simply get another rotor.

One more thing you can try is taking out your pads, the doing a quick sandpaper job on the pads. Sand enough to remove the glazing, and until you get to a fresh layer of the pad. That normally helps.

If you’re still having problems getting them to grab, then you may have some grease in there, in which some disc brake cleaner or rubbing alcohol when sprayed on the pads will help eliminate the grease.

BUT if you’re still having problems after all that, then check to see if you have the following brand of calipers:
Promax and Winzip. Those brands suck! I’d recommend a set of Avid BB5’s. I have those on most of my bikes and I love them! You can get them through Pricepoint.com for as low as $34!
http://www.pricepoint.com/detail/15777-115_AVDB56-3-Parts-158-Brakes/Disc/Avid-BB5-Mechanical-Disc-Brake-2007.htm

Anyhow, good luck with all that. Let me know how it goes.

RL