Some problems with my daughter's Outlaw 90
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01-26-2017, 05:10 AM
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There is nothing wrong with drum brakes, the Honda 250 quad still has drums all round, and heavy trucks. Most problems are caused by not having them set right and maintained, but discs can also suffer from poor maintenance. The set ups with hydraulic parking brakes are also bad engineering. Pressurizing the hydraulic system when parked is not good, which is why the quality Quad makers still use cables for that.
I have replaced the shoes and adjusted, adjusted, adjusted. They're as good as they're going to get right now, and I'm very unsatisfied with the amount of force that a small child has to exert to stop the atv.
When going down a steep hill, my child isn't able to go slow enough for me to be comfortable.
I'm not too worried about the parking brake, we don't use it too often. But hopefully I can at least get a decent hydraulic disc to work in the rear.
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01-26-2017, 07:46 AM
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She's a big 9. I'm not sure what I could possibly be doing wrong. I'm totally open to suggestions thought. We have 3 outlaw 90s, and the brakes all feel the same after replacement/adjustment.