justinfoxphotos wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 3:02 am
Today I took delivery of a set of SL6 specific Cane Creek eeBrakes which I sourced from Cycling Upgrades in the USA.
From the photos you posted these are certainly genuine and the source you bought from sells tons of other high end teardown parts.
I also don't think the counterfit sellers bothered to knock off the short arm. They likely could have but just didn't see a market need but thats just a guess on my part.
Many of the small parts, for the brakes themselves, can be purchased from Cane Creek still and there are aftermarked parts of different colors from S-Parts too.
I don't know if this helps at all but from what you posted the cable tention adjustment top parts are missing but you likely have them and just didnt photograph them. EE uses rubber like o-rings on these but I remove the o-ring myself as they just get in the way. There are supposed to be very thin metal washers that you place between the direct mount bolt and the frame and there are black circular spacers for the pads. From the manual each brake should have 0 to 4 of these spacers depending on the rim OW. Also there are more thin metal washers used on the outer Ti pad bolts. If you don't have some of these I'd buy them from Cane Creek directly and also grab a nice EE wings preloader ring Cane Creek #BAI0030 to replace the crap plastic SRAM ring.
Regarding setup direct mount EE requires two tools most people dont have on hand a 13mm crow wrench (to 1/4 or 3/8 depending on your torque wrench) and a long 6mm hex to your torque wrench. Both are needed to setup the calipers correctly.
The Cane Creek manual and video are very useful for proper setup which is a bit fiddly for the direct mount but once setup its set unlike the non DM which can change from toruqe at the central mounting bolt. Regarding perfomance I find the rear good enough but changed to Dura-Ace for better performance on the front for steep stuff. However for most normal riding EE is good enough.
Also as a small detail I changed the rear bolts that connect to the carbon bridge to a black Ti part to better color match it to a tire otherwise it stands out a bit. Note that these bolts also should have a washer. The part I bought I got on ebay and was named: "M5 Titanium Anodized Color Tapered or Square Allen Socket Head Cap Bolt Fastener" Head Style: Tapered Length: 12mm Color: Black
Edit: Also while looking at small parts I dont see the bottle cage bolts you have but if you want them you should be able to easily get S-Works Water Bottle Cage Bolts Part No.: S220500004 from a specialized dealer. They are made of aluminum so are very soft so should be attached with care but are what the frame likely originally shipped with and are very light weight.
