 Hi, this is Christian on Pure Fix Garage. Are your brakes not working properly anymore? Today, we're going to show you how to fix them. If your brakes are grinding or you're squeezing your lever all the way to the bar and still not stopping, you're going to need to fix that. It's actually a pretty easy job. Your brake pad should be replaced if they are warm past the wear limit line. You can see this line on your brake pads, and if you can't, it's time to replace them. This is normal wear on a bike and a cheap fix. For this job, you'll need an Allen key and a set of replacement brake pads. First, go ahead and remove your front wheel. First, I'm going to use the Allen wrench to remove my old brake pads. Remove any dirt from the inside of the caliper. Next, take your new brake pads and install them with your Allen wrench again. Just snug these down for now. We're going to go ahead and line these up with the rim once we've installed it. Let's go ahead and install this wheel so we can get these brake pads adjusted correctly. So now I'm going to take the Allen wrench and go ahead and adjust the brake pads up and down and left to right to make sure that they're lining up with the rim braking surface properly. Okay, that looks good. Now repeat the process in the back, and that's a job done. Once you've got the pads on, go ahead and check your brake lever feel. If it's still soft, there's a really easy adjustment you can do right here at the lever. This is called a barrel adjuster. If you turn this counter-clockwise, it will add some cable tension to make your lever feel much improved. There we go. That feels a whole lot better. If you've turned the barrel adjuster a lot and it's still soft, it's time to go ahead and reset the cable. At this point, you're going to want to use the Allen key and go ahead and release the cable from the brake caliper. This is your cable anchor bolt. Now it's nice and free. To dial in your brake adjustment, go ahead and squeeze the brakes against the rim, pull your cable down tight, and reattach your cable anchor bolt, like so. After that, go ahead and spin your front wheel to make sure it's moving freely. At this point, you can fine-tune your brake lever feel with the barrel adjuster at the bar. Okay, looks like this job's done. You can get all the tools and parts to do these jobs yourself on our parts section online. Thanks for watching another episode of Pure Fix Garage. If you have any questions on how to fix your bike, drop it in the comment section below or hit us up on social media. Make sure to subscribe to our channel for more videos to keep your bike in tip-top shape. Keep the rubber side down and I'll see you next time.