- Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:54 pm
#77400
I am going to cut a tread pattern in the original shoes and see how it goes.Yes I will proceed with caution.
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- Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:33 am
#77402
Breezbryan I am thinking a better grip in the drum.I have not a clue how it will go but I will give it a try.
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:33 am
#77404
We used to do this to the linings on older trials bikes, cut a 45degree angle with a hacksaw across the lining mainly to channel water and any crap that gets in to the drum, to the outer edge when wading through water. It wasn't to try and increase stopping power. the more cuts the less surface area you have for stopping.
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:33 am
#77405
We used to do this to the linings on older trials bikes, cut a 45degree angle with a hacksaw across the lining mainly to channel water and any crap that gets in to the drum, to the outer edge when wading through water. It wasn't to try and increase stopping power. the more cuts the less surface area you have for stopping.
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:33 am
#77406
We used to do this to the linings on older trials bikes, cut a 45degree angle with a hacksaw across the lining mainly to channel water and any crap that gets in to the drum, to the outer edge when wading through water. It wasn't to try and increase stopping power. the more cuts the less surface area you have for stopping.
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:19 am
#77408
Saw cuts on the brake lining surface??? Surely not! If this was a good idea, then they would be made that way. It may be one thing on trials bikes, which generally have small brakes, travel slowly on slippery surfaces and are light in weight, but on the road??
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:39 am
#77411
Correctly fitted and adjusted these brakes should be reasonable, and progressive; a snatching rear brake can kill just as easily as a bad front one.....
I would strip and clean both front and back, put new springs in - weak ones can cause snatching - and set them up by the book, if they aren't at least reasonable then they are not set up right. In front, I put a spanner on each arm, hold or tie them so pressure is holding both shoes in contact with drum, and then take up all slack in the link rod (this is where the drilled out one helps!) this setting should not need to be changed for the life of the shoes - it's either right or wrong! Well, that's what I think, anyway....
Get them right before you come to grief!
I would strip and clean both front and back, put new springs in - weak ones can cause snatching - and set them up by the book, if they aren't at least reasonable then they are not set up right. In front, I put a spanner on each arm, hold or tie them so pressure is holding both shoes in contact with drum, and then take up all slack in the link rod (this is where the drilled out one helps!) this setting should not need to be changed for the life of the shoes - it's either right or wrong! Well, that's what I think, anyway....
Get them right before you come to grief!
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