Re: Soft brake pedal

Posted by Ross On 2014/3/7 17:45:46

Assembly looks aok. But I do notice that the handbrake lever is already rather far forward. I doubt that the shoes are sitting on the anchor pin, and they MUST when at rest. So unhook the brake cables at the equalizer and shove them back into their sheaths. Then adjust the starwheel as normal (tighten til you can't turn the drum by hand. You should not be able to rock the drum if the shoes are sitting on the anchor pin. If the drum rocks, then the e-brake cables are still holding the shoes off the anchor. Then back off the starwheel till the shoes just whiffle against the drum.) Then adjust the e-brake.

By the way, if it takes more than say 15 clicks to get the shoes from full lock to whiffling the drum, then you need to do the major adjustment. Let us know.