FINE-TUNING
THE WINZIP CALIPER AND PAD SPACING
The WINZIP caliper is unlike any other cable-operated mechanical caliper. Other mechanical calipers have one stationary brake pad and one moveable brake pad. When the brake is applied, the moveable pad moves toward the rotor, deflecting the rotor until it comes into contact with the stationary pad. This distorts the rotor, and is an undesirable means to achieve braking.
The WINZIP caliper is unique in that both brake pads move simultaneously toward the rotor, resulting in distortion-free and efficient braking! WINZIP owns the worldwide patent for this design, and SKY’S THE LIMIT now uses only this caliper for all of its disc brake products.
The gap between the outer brake pad and the rotor, as well as the inner pad and the rotor can be adjusted independently. As the pads wear, you may need to adjust one or both of the pads in order to reduce the pad-to-rotor spacing. To do this, you will need five-millimeter and three-millimeter metric allen wrenches. Make these adjustments while the caliper is mounted in place around the rotor. These pictures are for ease of explanation only.
To
make the outer pad move closer to the rotor, insert a 3mm allen wrench deep
into the small hole in the outer face of the main body of the caliper.
Surrounding this small hole is printed the words:“- GAP ADJ +”. Insert the
3mm wrench deep into the body of the caliper and turn clockwise while
observing the pad-to-rotor gap; turning clockwise will make the gap smaller.
To
make the inner pad move closer to the rotor,
insert a 5mm allen wrench into the larger hole in the rear of the caliper body
(nearest the wheel).