Rear Brake Adjustment

[Goodysnap]

This may be getting picky but I 'll throw it out anyhow.

When you adjust the levers on the cams or the linkage between the levers you change the timing at which each shoe engages the drum, which can cause only one shoe to engage or wear faster or uneven from the other . The cams and levers should always remain in line at the designated marks.

Remove the linkage from between the levers. Apply the brake full and mark or measure the travel of the main lever. Reinstall the linkage and adjust so that the travel is the same. If the linkage is too tight the travel will be shorter.

Really the shoe that contacts first will wear down and eventually both shoes will engage. Depending on the severety of the adjustment this may take a while and leave you with a 50% brake.

Clear as MUD ?

[rzgkane]

Yikes. Am I confused or what? The guy asks about adjusting the rear brake and I go off on a tangent by describing a hybrid front brake/rear brake process. I picked the wrong day to stop smoking weed. Sorry 'bout that.

Thanks rzgkane for always posting a reply to my questions. I guess I'll experiment with it some more. Seemed the last time I tried adjustingthe mechanism on the hub it got kind of awkward and was slipping off or something.

Thanks.

I just went through this on my CA77 Dream after I had the rear wheel (to have it trued) and both side covers (to replace the clutch and reinstall that stupid clutch rod that came out the left side on accident) off. I backed off the adjusting nut at the end of the cable at the rear hub, and then spun cable adjuster screw at the lever all the way in, basically giving the cable all the slack it wanted.

Then, I repositioned the brake lever at the hub to almost (maybe a tooth or two) be engaging the shoes to the drum, but not quite, AND be as close to the adjusting nut as possible. At that point, a few turns of the nut at the rear of the cable was all that was required to take up the proper amount of slack in the cable and I was done. I basically left the handlebar lever fully turned in so there is plenty of adjustment travel left there when I might need to adjust again down the road.

[akpasta]

I see what you mean. I made sure to align the arms on the cams so that the dots lined up on each. This means they're both moving from the same place and thus engaging at the same time, right?

This may be getting picky but I 'll throw it out anyhow.

When you adjust the levers on the cams or the linkage between the levers you change the timing at which each shoe engages the drum, which can cause only one shoe to engage or wear faster or uneven from the other . The cams and levers should always remain in line at the designated marks.

Remove the linkage from between the levers. Apply the brake full and mark or measure the travel of the main lever. Reinstall the linkage and adjust so that the travel is the same. If the linkage is too tight the travel will be shorter.

Really the shoe that contacts first will wear down and eventually both shoes will engage. Depending on the severety of the adjustment this may take a while and leave you with a 50% brake.

Clear as MUD ?

[akpasta]

Haha, I noticed that.

Yikes. Am I confused or what? The guy asks about adjusting the rear brake and I go off on a tangent by describing a hybrid front brake/rear brake process. I picked the wrong day to stop smoking weed. Sorry 'bout that.