Is this the right way to adjust the brakes

[jtranger]

As posted in the photo, I used the barrel adjustment and turned it in to decrease the travel at the hand brake levers. Is this the correct way to make this adjustment to decrease the hand brake travel? Thanks

 

[fooferdoggie]

no its not. you need to adjust the pads by turning the screw that causes them to move inwards. no clue on those cheap brakes where that is I am sure you can find it online.

 

[jtranger]

no its not. you need to adjust the pads by turning the screw that causes them to move inwards. no clue on those cheap brakes where that is I am sure you can find it online.

Thanks. Do I readjust it back to where it was or is this ok? There is a small silver allen screw at the bottom of the caliper. Confirming this will give me less travel at the hand brake lever?

 

[fooferdoggie]

Thanks. Do I readjust it back to where it was or is this ok? There is a small silver allen screw at the bottom of the caliper. Confirming this will give me less travel at the hand brake lever?

yes adjust it back. yes moving the pad in will solve the issue its something you have to do on a regular basis as the pads wear.

 

[Base]

There are two ways to control the actuation with cable controlled callipers. If the initial setup with new brake pads was ok, so aligned properly one could just increase the cable tension by trimming out the slack by screwing outwards the barrel adjuster at either the lever or the calliper.

But with these cheaper callipers the pads are usually not even wearing so the second method mentioned by adjusting the pad spacing would work. Or a combination of both.