07-18-2011, 10:21 AM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Bad Brakes
Marathon EZ Go, I have adjusted the shoes thru the hub hole, cables are ok, guess I need new shoes, can't get the drums off, afraid I'm gonna break them.. Any help? Thanks
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07-18-2011, 10:26 AM | #2 |
Happy Carting
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
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Re: Bad Brakes
Really old shoes can wear a ridge in the drum that makes it hard to remove it. With the adjustment star crank the shoes way off, sometimes it helps to remove the cable connection. At this point if the drum is not coming off I use a puller that bolts to the hub and presses on the axle shaft.... I have had some luck applying hand pull on the drum and tapping the brake actuating lever with a hammer? Basically if the drum won't come off it is either rusted on... try heating the hub. Or it is worn badly and you can't hurt it, it needs to be replaced.
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07-18-2011, 10:34 AM | #3 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Re: Bad Brakes
OK thanks, I'll give it a try.Someonetold me there was threaded holes to push the drum off but i just saw the 2 large holes I assume are for adjusting.
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07-18-2011, 07:03 PM | #4 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Upstate, S.C.
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Re: Bad Brakes
I am fixing to tackle the brakes on mine as well. Update this thread with your experience and when and where, and which bad words seem to help the most getting them off.
I was going to pull mine when I first got my cart to inspect and found it wasn't a simple pull the drum off and look job. I am ready to KNOW my brakes are up to par now and dig in. Thanks. |
07-18-2011, 07:24 PM | #5 |
Happy Carting
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
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Re: Bad Brakes
If you guys are in 'rust' country, just go ahead and call that friend over with the welding torch and ply him with beer while he heats the hubs enough to burn the rust out of them
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07-18-2011, 08:50 PM | #6 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Jax FL
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Re: Bad Brakes
lots of P Blaster help but the Torch is faster.
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