86 Club Car, Brake adjustment problems

meyerz2 · 05-19-2009, 08:42 AM

Hi, I just bought an 86 club Car and the brakes are in some serious need of help. I just had the drums turned and the pads relined. Now I'm trying to adjust them. When I slide the bottom adjustment slide back as far as I can, they work pretty good the first time you depress the brake. The problem is, the bottom slide will move forward when the brake is pressed giving me almost no brakes. I can't figure out why the slide will not stay back. I'm pretty sure I'm tightening it enough as I already broke one bolt tightening it. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Thanks.

ryan

shadowman · 05-19-2009, 09:10 AM

did you look on the backside of the backing plate to see if theres a little square stub sticking out? if so thats also a brake adjuster.......they make a tool for it or you can get on it with a 7 or 8mm wrench...............................

meyerz2 · 05-19-2009, 09:36 AM

Yeah, I found that one. I've got it adjusted most of the way in and still not enough unless I can get that bottom bracket to stay back.

scottyb · 05-19-2009, 09:38 AM

Aren't these self adjusting brakes?

shadowman · 05-19-2009, 09:45 AM

the bottom adjuster is ........i beleive just like a car you have to drive around in reverse to get that one adjusted but the top one you have to do by hand.............................................. .....

meyerz2 · 05-19-2009, 10:23 AM

I thought I read in another post on here somewhere that the self adjusting brakes didn't come into the picture until later.

Anyway, the bottom adjuster (the one where the arm that connects the cable stick out) has a bolt that allows it to be adjusted back and forth. When I adjust it to the back, it ends up moving forward when the brakes are depressed.

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...rs-brakes.html

It states in the post:
Put the cable back in it's saddle with the c-clip and hook the cable back up to the brake arm with the pin and cotter key. Make sure the arm is set back as far as it will go when doing this. Check the arm movement also pushing it forward and seeing that it returns back when you let go of it. Try turning the hub also. It shouldn't turn. If this is all good then proceed.

05-19-2009, 08:42 AM	#1
meyerz2 Not Yet Wild Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4	86 Club Car, Brake adjustment problems Hi, I just bought an 86 club Car and the brakes are in some serious need of help. I just had the drums turned and the pads relined. Now I'm trying to adjust them. When I slide the bottom adjustment slide back as far as I can, they work pretty good the first time you depress the brake. The problem is, the bottom slide will move forward when the brake is pressed giving me almost no brakes. I can't figure out why the slide will not stay back. I'm pretty sure I'm tightening it enough as I already broke one bolt tightening it. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Thanks. ryan
meyerz2 Not Yet Wild Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4

05-19-2009, 09:10 AM	#2
shadowman The Last Moja Morani Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: jumping from cart to cart Posts: 8,975	Re: 86 Club Car, Brake adjustment problems did you look on the backside of the backing plate to see if theres a little square stub sticking out? if so thats also a brake adjuster.......they make a tool for it or you can get on it with a 7 or 8mm wrench...............................

05-19-2009, 09:36 AM	#3
meyerz2 Not Yet Wild Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4	Re: 86 Club Car, Brake adjustment problems Yeah, I found that one. I've got it adjusted most of the way in and still not enough unless I can get that bottom bracket to stay back.
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05-19-2009, 09:38 AM	#4
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,410	Re: 86 Club Car, Brake adjustment problems Aren't these self adjusting brakes?

05-19-2009, 09:45 AM	#5
shadowman The Last Moja Morani Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: jumping from cart to cart Posts: 8,975	Re: 86 Club Car, Brake adjustment problems the bottom adjuster is ........i beleive just like a car you have to drive around in reverse to get that one adjusted but the top one you have to do by hand.............................................. .....

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05-19-2009, 10:23 AM	#6
meyerz2 Not Yet Wild Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4	Re: 86 Club Car, Brake adjustment problems I thought I read in another post on here somewhere that the self adjusting brakes didn't come into the picture until later. Anyway, the bottom adjuster (the one where the arm that connects the cable stick out) has a bolt that allows it to be adjusted back and forth. When I adjust it to the back, it ends up moving forward when the brakes are depressed. http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...rs-brakes.html It states in the post: Put the cable back in it's saddle with the c-clip and hook the cable back up to the brake arm with the pin and cotter key. Make sure the arm is set back as far as it will go when doing this. Check the arm movement also pushing it forward and seeing that it returns back when you let go of it. Try turning the hub also. It shouldn't turn. If this is all good then proceed.
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