Subject: Re: Front brake adjustment for Eldo
Author: andy hill
Date: Oct 27, 2002, 8:48 AM
Post ID: 1711280760
David-
here's what i did. remove the wheel, and sand the glaze off the shoes
using about 40 grit sandpaper. wearing a respirator is a good idea [asbestos
in the air!]
reassemble. remove the cotter-key and pin from the rear brake arm, so that
when ya squeeze the brake lever, it only accuates the leading shoe. have
someone hold the lever [or use a pair of welding vicegrips] to keep the
brakes 'on'. now take a pair of vicegrips and attach them to the arm for the
rear set of shoes so that you are able to accuate the arm with the
vicegrips. and when you have this set of shoes in the 'applied' position,
drop the rod and clevis back onto the rear arm. if the holes are perfectly
lined up, you're ok. if not you need to do some adjusting. just loosen the
locknut on the rod and rotate the clevis until the holes line up. re-fit the
pin and cotterkey and tighten the locknut. mine were off enough so that the
rearshoe was trying to do all the braking. really got my attention while
rolling backwards out of the barn! [went thru the fence- @@!#$$%&!!!] :>)
andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Szenasy" <davids-@hotmail.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 09:32 AM
Subject: Front brake adjustment for Eldo
My front brake on my Eldo, not disk, needs adjustment. The shoes are good,
but I just can't seem to get enough braking. Can anyone here walk me
through the initial set up on the brake drum. I had someone at a rally try
to tell me something about changing the amount of leverage in the rear shoe,
but since he "fiddled", I can't get much braking.
Thanks,
David Szenasy
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