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Felt Z85 Brake Pad Replacement

Felt Z85 Brake Pad Replacement

Ryan Marschall

Ryan Marschall and one other contributor

Last updated on January 11, 2015

10 minutes
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Introduction

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The brakes on anything that moves are practically the most important part. One of the most frightening feelings is pulling a brake lever and not getting a response. With this guide I hope to never make this a reality for anyone.

This guide contains information on how to replace the brake pads on a 2013 Felt Z85 Road Bike. This guide only requires one tool (4mm allen key) and is fairly straightforward.

This guide can also be used as a reference for any modern road bike with Dual-Pivot brakes.

What you need

Parts

Tools

  1. Felt Z85 Brake Pad Replacement, Remove Wheel: step 1, image 1 of 3 Felt Z85 Brake Pad Replacement, Remove Wheel: step 1, image 2 of 3 Felt Z85 Brake Pad Replacement, Remove Wheel: step 1, image 3 of 3

    • Pull up on brake-release lever to spread pads for easy access.

    • Release lever on the right side of the wheel.

    • Loosen left nut on wheel until wheel comes free.

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  3. Felt Z85 Brake Pad Replacement, Remove Pad(s): step 2, image 1 of 3 Felt Z85 Brake Pad Replacement, Remove Pad(s): step 2, image 2 of 3 Felt Z85 Brake Pad Replacement, Remove Pad(s): step 2, image 3 of 3

    • Locate Brake Caliper.

    • Use 4.0 mm allen key to remove main bolt.

    • Rotate counterclockwise to loosen.

    • Be careful not to lose both the washer and spacer found in-between the bolt and the brake pad mounting hole.

    • Repeat step 2 to remove the pad on the other side.

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  4. Felt Z85 Brake Pad Replacement, Collecting parts (reinstall): step 3, image 1 of 2 Felt Z85 Brake Pad Replacement, Collecting parts (reinstall): step 3, image 2 of 2

    • Brake Pad: The item being replaced.

    • Spacer: This item will be reused.

    • Washer: This item will be reused.

    • 4 mm hex bolt.

    • Note order of mounting hardware for reinstall.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Ryan Marschall

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USF Tampa, Team 1-21, Donnelly Fall 2014 Member of USF Tampa, Team 1-21, Donnelly Fall 2014

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