I just picked-up a couple of Jetmoto 125 Utility ATV's.
So far we are having a blast with them... but I have a problem with one.
The pivot-point for the rear brake 'arm' appears to be a stud welded to the frame. The arm pivot is held on to that stud with a cotter pin. The pedal has a ton of play (up down and side to side) and it appears that the stud is loose. It has not let go completely yet.
Please let me know if I'm not seeing this right.
I don't have access to any welding equipment... I was thinking about removing the stud, drilling a hole in the frame/plate where the stud used to be, and install a Hex Bolt with lock nut on either side of the frame plate. Basically making a replaceable stud. Is that a reasonable solution -or-
do I need to bite the bullet and find someone to spot weld the stud back in place?

Any advice appreciated.

 

Your idea sounds good to me...give it a try and let us know if it works..

 

This is a late reply to my original post.
In case anyone 'searches' and finds this post with a similar question, I wanted to post my resolution....

I did make the fix per my original post and it works like a charm!
I removed the rear brake lever assembly from the frame post, knocked the old post off... it was hanging by a thread anyway. I then cleaned up the hole and removed the spot-weld leftovers from the frame so that the new bolt would sit squarely. I used a hex-bolt with same diameter as the original post. Locked it in the frame with a nut (washers on both sides). I then re-installed the brake lever assembly onto my new hex-bolt post and placed a nylon-locking nut on the outside. Tightened that nut just enough to take-out the play, but leave the lever moving freely and done!

The only concerns were that it was a little work (not too bad) to clean the old spot-weld buggers off the inside of the frame at the hole. The hassle here was due to the limited working roomavailable without additional dissasembly. The other concern is that this did move the brake lever assembly out further from the frame by the width of the nut and washer. In my application, this was just fine and didn't cause any issues.

 

Glad to hear you got it fixed...and thanks for the detailed post..any pics of the fix would be appreciated..