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Old 05-01-2011, 01:29 PM   #6
Bob Johnson
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Default Re: Mechanical brakes, what i did

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What did you do about the brake rod adjustment? To get the results you want you would have to loosen up the rear brake rods. The front to rear ratio is usually adjusted by the brake rods. If you shorten the front rods or lengthen the rear rods you get more front brakes. to get more rear brakes shorten the rear rods or lengthen the front rods. By lengthening the levers you have changed the distance that the break pedal has to move to to lock up the front brakes. Lets say it took 2" of travel for the brake pedal to go from a slight drag on the all 4 brakes to lockup. Now it will take 4" of travel to do the same for the front bakes. However the rears will lock up at 2" and the fronts will not be locked up. But if you lengthen the rear brake rods so the rear brakes do not start to drag until the pedal is 2" down. Then all 4 brakes will lock at 4" pedal movement.

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