Brake mounting head scratcher!

[wildon]

I've mounted rear brakes on a few trickstars now with no problems ... but i have one here that i just mounted a rear nippon on and the pads do not reach the rims.  I have moved the rear wheel right in on the drop outs as far as it will go and they still wont reach .. almost an inch off!  So i compared it with a couple of other frames and the brake bridge has been welded on higher up nearer the seat post that the others 
The brakes are fine on other frames.
Can't see what i can do about this .. any ideas?

[magna13]

MX1000?

[daz bmx it!]

Was that the frame that originally had the odyssey brake on bud?

[Stodgy]

Very strange - do you have some pics of the brake bridge position?

[wildon]

No Daz, its a different one.
OK... the top pic is another frame where everything fits perfect, note the position of the brake bridge ... then the blue one has the brake bridge a lot higher and the last two pics show that the pads dont reach and the wheel is as far in as it can go ..where i don't really want it 
They are both US made

[oldschool rider]

Only thing I can suggest is what was done on mine Terry, If you look mine had the brake hole enlarged slightly with a round file because running the pitbull I had the same problem, However this was easy for me as It wasn't minted like yours is but it might be an idea.


Steve

[HUTCHMAN]

just had a look at my T.S (us made),the brake bridge on mine is in the same place as the blue one(with regards to the bend in the seat stays),but mine has a gap of about 1 1/2" from the top of the brake bridge to the platform supports,where as yours looks to have roughly 1/2".(hope that makes sense) .The black one looks looks a bit odd,all of my Hutch's have the bridge ABOVE the bend in the stays.

[wildon]

Strange this is. I got a load of us made trickstars here and they are all different!!

[HUTCHMAN]

very strange,i've got 6 Hutch's,all different models,brake bridge on all of them in same place. If you look at the pics of Stodge's T.S in Classic BMX mag(if you've got a copy),his brake bridge looks to be about 5mm away from the supports and the bridge looks to be welded on top of the stays,not in between. The supports look miles away from the seat tube.

[wildon]

Hmmmm .. well they did tend to change things a lot, never noticed these differences before though on the same model though , all the others may be in different positions but they all work with a brake .. except this one 

[sid1972]

Dude have you got a drop out saver on or is it a large washer 

If its a drop out saver try and take it off,  because that looks like the wheel will then go further in towards the crank then.

[HUTCHMAN]

Dude have you got a drop out saver on or is it a large washer 

If its a drop out saver try and take it off,  because that looks like the wheel will then go further in towards the crank then.

or is it the width of the tyre that prevents it going further forward?

Love the colour of the blue one,is it paint or powder?

[wildon]

Dude have you got a drop out saver on or is it a large washer 
If its a drop out saver try and take it off,  because that looks like the wheel will then go further in towards the crank then.

or is it the width of the tyre that prevents it going further forward?
Love the colour of the blue one,is it paint or powder?

No drop out savers .. i just use nylon washers that you cant really see in the pics .. what you can see is the wheel nuts.  The wheel would go back slightly more if i took another link off the chain... but it's not going to be ridden anyway so it dont much matter ... think i'll leave it as is .. just wanted to get it looking right 
No the tyre dont cause any problems.
Its powder, the og chrome underneath is in great shape too ... very delicate really .. i sliced the powder straight off with a stanley blade around the headset and bb .. cant imagine it'd stand up to much abuse!

[wildon]

But also when the wheel is all the way in .. the pads still dont sit correct

[QUADROPHENIA]

more usa hutch made cack

[wildon]

more usa hutch made cack

I bought one of them from you 

[MartyC]

Here's where the lifetime warranty comes in handy, ask JDB if you can get a return on it 

Have you tried a Pitbull brake on it as that may reach  ?

[Mattdub]

Here's where the lifetime warranty comes in handy, ask JDB if you can get a return on it 

 

[double chevron]

and here comes the elusive 22" Trick Star, how lucky you are !  you got the matching forks ??