Brakes lock up when wheels are bolted

Xtreme Cartz · 07-30-2011, 06:01 PM

I've got a Club Car DS that when the rear wheels are bolted down, the brakes lock up. Pulled the tires off and the brake drums turn over by hand with ease. It's only when the tires are bolted down that the hubs lock up.

I pulled the drums off, checked the brake cables and everything looks good. Somehow the drums are rubbing when torqued down?

scottyb · 07-30-2011, 06:04 PM

Stock wheels and tires?

Xtreme Cartz · 07-30-2011, 10:10 PM

They are stock. Have you ever heard of this Scottyb?

scottyb · 07-30-2011, 10:12 PM

Seems to me one time I ran across that problem..... but I can't recall what was causing it..... I'll remember in a day or 2

invalidsession · 07-30-2011, 10:19 PM

It sounds like the drums aren't fully seated. Have you done a brake adjustment or replacement ? I had this when a customer adjusted the brake shoes and overdid it a bit on the adjusters. When he bolted the wheels on he had your issue. When the drums aren't fully seated the wheel studs cause them to deflect and nip up on the brake shoes.

Chris.

scottyb · 07-30-2011, 10:24 PM

That's it... The drums are nipping at the shoes

I had a cattle dog like that once.

Xtreme Cartz · 07-31-2011, 05:41 PM

You guys are the best, literally. I turned the square adjuster bolt sticking out the backing plate a half turn counter clockwise and it freed up the drums. Works good as new.

scottyb · 07-31-2011, 05:46 PM

Good to hear something is working good as new

Xtreme Cartz · 07-31-2011, 06:30 PM

Well the brakes are good now but the rest of the cart is another story!

07-30-2011, 06:01 PM	#1
Xtreme Cartz The Fabricator Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,016	Brakes lock up when wheels are bolted I've got a Club Car DS that when the rear wheels are bolted down, the brakes lock up. Pulled the tires off and the brake drums turn over by hand with ease. It's only when the tires are bolted down that the hubs lock up. I pulled the drums off, checked the brake cables and everything looks good. Somehow the drums are rubbing when torqued down?

07-30-2011, 06:04 PM	#2
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,419	Re: Brakes lock up when wheels are bolted Stock wheels and tires?

07-30-2011, 10:10 PM	#3
Xtreme Cartz The Fabricator Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,016	Re: Brakes lock up when wheels are bolted They are stock. Have you ever heard of this Scottyb?

07-30-2011, 10:12 PM	#4
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,419	Re: Brakes lock up when wheels are bolted Seems to me one time I ran across that problem..... but I can't recall what was causing it..... I'll remember in a day or 2

07-30-2011, 10:19 PM	#5
invalidsession Gone Wild Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Eldon Missouri Posts: 977	Re: Brakes lock up when wheels are bolted It sounds like the drums aren't fully seated. Have you done a brake adjustment or replacement ? I had this when a customer adjusted the brake shoes and overdid it a bit on the adjusters. When he bolted the wheels on he had your issue. When the drums aren't fully seated the wheel studs cause them to deflect and nip up on the brake shoes. Chris.

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07-30-2011, 10:24 PM	#6
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,419	Re: Brakes lock up when wheels are bolted That's it... The drums are nipping at the shoes I had a cattle dog like that once.

07-31-2011, 05:41 PM	#7
Xtreme Cartz The Fabricator Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,016	Re: Brakes lock up when wheels are bolted You guys are the best, literally. I turned the square adjuster bolt sticking out the backing plate a half turn counter clockwise and it freed up the drums. Works good as new.

07-31-2011, 05:46 PM	#8
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,419	Re: Brakes lock up when wheels are bolted Good to hear something is working good as new

07-31-2011, 06:30 PM	#9
Xtreme Cartz The Fabricator Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,016	Re: Brakes lock up when wheels are bolted Well the brakes are good now but the rest of the cart is another story!

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