Adding Brake Caliper Cable Tension SRAM Rival I have come across a really annoying issue that I just can't seem to put a finger on, and it is causing nothing but heart ache and frustration.

I was checking to see how much wear I had on my brake pads, unfortunately the lighting was too dark for me to see correctly while the pads were seated in the Caliper, so I had to remove the pads from the caliper. Once I was done checking the brake pads, I re-seated them and noticed that there was now a lot of play in the shifter/brake lever (I'm using a combo of SRAM Apex &amp; Rival (Brakes) components).

My bike has an internal cable for the rear brake and I believe that the issue may lay here.

So I did what I thought would be a straight forward brake tensioning adjustment, but now there is so much play in the lever and I'm finding the one of the calipers isn't returning to it's usual position. I have tried everything, YouTube, adjusting the adjustment barrel thing, unfortunately the Rival Brakes don't have an adjustment screw on them.

I have tried everything I can think of and I just can't get it back to how I had it set before. Any advice on how I can overcome this problem will be greatly appreciated!

Thanking you in advance,

Stu : )
It sounds like there is an issue with the return spring rather than the cable tension.  If the brake is pulling easily and not returning, I'd guess it may have become disconnected during your removal process.  I would compare the setup of your return spring on your working brake with the one on the non working brake.  It maybe as simple as clipping the spring wire back under a tab of some sort.  It looks like on that model brake the return spring is a coil wire deal on the back of the brake.