I bought a zipp frame that I’m excited about, I’m tearing it apart before building it back up. The rear brake is tucked underneath the monostay and whoever the wrench was just extended an old campy aero brake to make it fit. Anyone know how to remove these things? there used to be an ‘aero’ cover covering up the guts of the caliper, but i pried that off. It looks like it might just unscrew (the caliper as a whole) but I don’t want to snap anything. I can’t work on it for a few hours anyway so I thought I’d ask the wisemen…
I’ve built 4 of these frames from ground up, I also do all my own work on my 2 Zipps. OK, here goes.
With the original Zipp brake, there is a hex nut, similar to a normal fork brake nut, under the front der. post. To remove this post: Look on the drive side of the frame. In line with the post you may or may not see a large plastic chain drop preventer. If it is there, remove it. Under this plastic piece there is another hex head bolt. This is the access hole for the set screw, hex head, that holds the front der. post in place. Unscrew this set screw and out comes the post. At the bottom of the post hole you find the hex head brake nut, just like on a normal frame. WOW…its not all that hard, but sure sounded wierd when I re-read this paragraph. Get it?
The only problem is that from the pics it appears that you have a regular nut on the end of a bolt. The bolt head is will be under the front der. post. I have no idea if your bolt is hex head, hopefully it is. You’ll be able to hold the bolt from the der. post hole as you take the nut off the brake. After looking at your pics again, it appears that you have a hex head on the exposed brake bolt? Just hold the bolt and unscrew the nut?
If you need any other help, please feel free to either email me or even call out 800 number at the Inn. I’d more more then happy to help.
