Hi all. I have and 04 foreman with 1200 miles on it. The front brakes pull to the right. I can lock up the right front tire. I am not new to automotive brakes but i cant seem to get these figured out. It is my first quad. the right looks good inside. The left front seemed to have a coating on the durm and you could see that the shoes didnt really make contact with the drum. I sanded the drum down to metal. What ever it was on the drum was tough to get off. Dont think that it was rust. The shoes looked good and used brake cleaner on shoes and drum after sanding. Both cylinders come out when pumping the brakes. Both sides are adjusted up properly. In my lifetime of working on brakes, they should work. But it is the same thing, the right front locks up. I have checked the right front for any type of contamination and see none. The left do work some. What is wrong. When i get this figered out i need to look at the rear brakes. They dont stop and acording to the wear indcator they may be worn down. Thanks for your time.

 

My Rincon used to do the same thing. I'm not sure what exactly fixed it, as I adjusted both sides and bled the brakes. So if your confident they are adjusted right. Try bleeding them. They might have some air trapped.

 

Thanks for the reply, does the resivor take just regular Dot 3 fluid or does it have to be honda dot 3? I would think dot 3 is dot 3.

 

I use just plain old automotive fluid. I really don't see that it matters. But I could be wrong. But its been in there for over a year and no problems.