Disc Brake Maintenance Course

Disc Brake Maintenance Course Overview:

This comprehensive course covers essential disc brake maintenance and care, ensuring optimal performance and longevity for your braking system. Participants will gain hands-on experience in the following areas:

• Disc Brake Pad Removal and Decontamination: Learn how to safely remove pads and decontaminate them to restore braking efficiency.
• Rotor Decontamination and Cleaning: Proper techniques for cleaning rotors to maintain smooth braking action.
• Piston Cleaning and Lubrication: Understand how to clean and lubricate pistons to ensure they move freely and evenly.
• Pad Installation: Step-by-step guidance on correctly installing new brake pads.
• Resetting Pistons: Techniques for resetting pistons after pad installation for consistent brake performance.
• Caliper Alignment: Master the process of aligning calipers to avoid brake rub and ensure even pad wear.
• Rotor Truing: Learn how to straighten a warped rotor to ensure smooth, wobble-free braking.
• Bedding-in Rotors and Pads: Best practices for bedding in new rotors and pads to maximize braking efficiency.

Additionally, the course includes a Brake Bleeding Demonstration covering both Shimano and SRAM systems, providing insight into maintaining hydraulic brake systems for consistent and reliable braking.

• We provide the bicycles for this course.
• This course is taught on Sunday afternoons at our main store location, it requires a minimum of two participants and a maximum of 6.
• We will cancel the course with 48 hours notice if the minimum number is not met.
• Attendees will receive a cards good for one year of discounts with Bow Cycle