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ruredy · 07-23-2007, 06:30 PM

My ezgo st480 has hydraulic drum brakes on the rear, they're like all the ezgo brakes. They are hydraulic, an instead of having a mechanical cable to make them work, they have a master cylinder which controlls the slave cylinders in the drums. they also have a parking brake which is controlled by a cables that run to the drums. Its just like the brakes on a truck or car only smaller. I'm not real sure why they work so much better than the other carts I have, but I can tell you its a huge difference. I guess that its able to put max pressure on the brakes at the point just before locking the drum down. something that you can't do with a spring hooked to a rod, attached to cables that pulls a lever on the drums.

07-23-2007, 06:30 PM	#12
ruredy Born Wild Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Clover SC. Posts: 5,552	Re: Golf cart disk brakes My ezgo st480 has hydraulic drum brakes on the rear, they're like all the ezgo brakes. They are hydraulic, an instead of having a mechanical cable to make them work, they have a master cylinder which controlls the slave cylinders in the drums. they also have a parking brake which is controlled by a cables that run to the drums. Its just like the brakes on a truck or car only smaller. I'm not real sure why they work so much better than the other carts I have, but I can tell you its a huge difference. I guess that its able to put max pressure on the brakes at the point just before locking the drum down. something that you can't do with a spring hooked to a rod, attached to cables that pulls a lever on the drums.