Maffoo
3rd November 2006, 15:24
Im rebuilding a cb250
when i put the back wheel in & set everything up after replacing the cush drive i found that the back brakes werent working too well. they seemdd to work ok when i rode it out of the place i bought it, but now, nada.
the shoes seem to have a fair bit of meat left on them, & adjusting the bolt up the rod at the connection only really seems to lower the pedal, not tighten the shoes up in the drum.
question then - it appears that by removing the lever off the spindle that moves the shoes, & moving it a notch or few clockwise, then reattaching it to the rod, i can adjust the shoes out. I have been fixing cars my whole life (only mine generally) but this is my first bike. This looks a bit dodgy, but appears to work.
Is this normal practice to adjust the brakes or not?
this appears to realyl be the only way of adjusting brake shoes on the bike... & every car ive had with drum brakes has had an adjuster on it....is it the same with bikes?
help :)
when i put the back wheel in & set everything up after replacing the cush drive i found that the back brakes werent working too well. they seemdd to work ok when i rode it out of the place i bought it, but now, nada.
the shoes seem to have a fair bit of meat left on them, & adjusting the bolt up the rod at the connection only really seems to lower the pedal, not tighten the shoes up in the drum.
question then - it appears that by removing the lever off the spindle that moves the shoes, & moving it a notch or few clockwise, then reattaching it to the rod, i can adjust the shoes out. I have been fixing cars my whole life (only mine generally) but this is my first bike. This looks a bit dodgy, but appears to work.
Is this normal practice to adjust the brakes or not?
this appears to realyl be the only way of adjusting brake shoes on the bike... & every car ive had with drum brakes has had an adjuster on it....is it the same with bikes?
help :)