Ok, i have a ciuple of questions, then i hope to sale it.Anyways:
1. How do you bleed the front brakes? I know the general procedure, but where is the bleeder screw?
2. Can you adjust the pads tighter againnst the drum, or is it air in my lines that are causing a problem? I have to pull the lever in almost all the way to get it to work, and it doesnt work as well as iit used to. I would apprciate it, if someone could tell me how to tighten the travel on the shoes.
3. How do you remove the rear brake shoes?
4. My rear brake is seized up. When i depress my rear brake lever it pull sthe cable to brake, but it wonr retract. I think its in the rear brake somewhere. How can i fix this?

PLEASE HELP A NEWBIE to brakes

Thanks so much,
Ross

 

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The bleeder should be at the bottom of the caliper. pull this out and make sure that all the old fluid comes out by pressing the brake lever. Begin the new process by just barely putting the screw back in. when you start putting new fluid in, it should go down to the bottom of the lines, and get the air out by pushing the brake lever. By leaving the bleeder screw partially in, you don't lose most of the fluid that goes in, granted that you do have a resivour, and the fact that all the air should go out within 10 seconds, but sometime things dont work like that. fill the resivour up to the recomended amount, and go out and drive it. if the brakes feel mushy, then u still have air in the lines. eliminate this by trying to get the master cylender (resivuor) above everything else in the brake system .because air is less dense than hydrolic fluid, it shoud rise, elimnating the squishiness. Your good to go after that, unless of course you need pads or shoes. lol.

The stickiness could be caused by a sticky cable. I had this problem with the reverse cable on my bayue 300. try and get lube down the cable, and if it doesn't get any better, then buy a new cable. I've never worked with drum brakes, so for heavens sake, get your self a clymer or an oem repair manual for your machine.

 

yea, i would love to get a service manual, but this quad is going up for sale soon to get a dirt bike, and i really dont want to plob down 45$ on something that i will only use once.
Thanks for the info, i will try that.

Anyone else?