Subject: Re: 2 brake answers

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Listed below are a couple of previous replys off the list on the brake
adjusting issue that I had saved for the same reason on my 71 Ambo. See
below. Give credit to the guys on the list for these answers.

in the "tips" section on www.wildguzzi.com there's a technique I
posted that I think is the easiest way to do this. Look up "brake
tuning(Loopframes). Worked great for me on three different bikes, ,easy
to do.

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- @@!#$$%&!!!] :>)

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<HTML>Listed below are a couple of previous replys off the list on the brake adjusting issue that I had saved for the same reason on my 71 Ambo. See below. Give credit to the guys on the list for these answers. 
 
in the "tips" section on www.wildguzzi.com there's a technique I 
posted that I think is the easiest way to do this. Look up "brake 
tuning(Loopframes). Worked great for me on three different bikes, ,easy 
to do. 
 
 
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- @@!#$$%&!!!] :>) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Subject: Re: 2 brake answers

Author: bred-@aol.com

Date: Apr 4, 2003, 12:50 PM

Post ID: 1712506669

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