Hello,

I have a Honda Rancher 350 ES and the left hand brake for the rear doesnt go forward all the way then you let it go. Is there a spring somewhere that needs adjusting. I see one on the rear but wanted to check with everyone before i mess with it. Also just replaced both rear brakes with new cables. By the way the foot brake will not return up either.

thanks,

 

Two place to adjust it, at the hand leaver there is a adjustment on the cable and the butteryfly nut at the rear drum housing, there should be two ,one for the handle and the other for the foot brake.

 

I believe there is only one spring that returns the lever and that is the one on the rear brake itself. I don't think there is one on the lever. A little oil maybe?

 

It ended up being the return spring on the rear drum brake. Not the small one that goes over the cable but the bigger one that mounts to the drum housing. It was loosing it tension (12 years old) so i bent it and now works again. May just get new spring in future but works great for now anyways.

 

Remove the brake armature clean it lube it and things will work easier. The armature gets dirty and rusty

 

Ok so what is the armeture. Would libe to clean it up

 

I would try to find an aftermarket heavy duty spring if possible. Honda makes a nice machine but IMO the drum brakes have always just really sucked. My brother still runs honda's and continually battles with those stupid brakes. Disc is the way to go. Fortunately we're finally starting to see them more on the honda machines, but should have years ago.