MTB Mechanic: Hayes Brake Overhaul and Piston Re-setting

By Lennard Zinn
Published Jul. 15, 2011
Updated Nov. 10, 2011 at 12:18 PM UTC

Take the next step in becoming your own mechanic. Singletrack.com’s Lennard Zinn demonstrates how overhaul and reset the pistons on a Hayes Brake system.

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Lennard Zinn

Lennard Zinn, our longtime technical writer, joined VeloNews in 1987. He is also a frame builder, former U.S. national team rider, and author of many bicycle books including Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance and Zinn’s Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists. He holds a bachelor’s in physics from Colorado College. Readers can send brief technical questions to Ask LZ.