my brakes will lock up but once they lock up they wont return. i took them apart and cleaned up and greased everything and they still arent working. any suggestions
back brakes wont return
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if that didnt work it's possible the orings in the caliper are shot, or the cable is froze up or frayed
check this out.......................
http://www.blasterforum.com/do-yourself-20/cable-rear-brakes-how-make-them-work-3830/
check this out.......................
http://www.blasterforum.com/do-yourself-20/cable-rear-brakes-how-make-them-work-3830/
It's probably the cable. You can't tell because as soon as you start monkeying with the rear caliper, you free it up enough.
Purchase a cable luber. Most dealerships have them or they can be mail ordered for about $10. I think I paid about $13 for mine at the dealer.
Once you have the cable lubed up, you can go through the mechanism and clean and regrease it and it should work.
Purchase a cable luber. Most dealerships have them or they can be mail ordered for about $10. I think I paid about $13 for mine at the dealer.
Once you have the cable lubed up, you can go through the mechanism and clean and regrease it and it should work.
the mechanical brakes are junk!!!!!!!! do yourself a HUGE favor and do a hydro conversion , it will save you a million headaches.
I've had really good luck (and service) out of my mechanical rear caliper. The only problem I've ever had out of it was last week, I left the blaster out overnight and it began to rain/freezing rain on it and my cable froze (No, really, it froze) and wouldn't let me do anything. I pulled the caliper off and the caliper was working great but the cable was stuck. I tried lube but couldn't get anything through it so I set it beside the woodstove and there was a puddle under it when I came back. I shot lube through it just to make sure and re-installed.
i had similar troubles with cables once, i caught a hidden log and rolled it into a really sandy/muddy puddle, i got sand in all my cables, the instantly locked up, brake and throttle, it was a real biotch of a ride home, pulled cleaned and lubed them all and good to go
I can see where the mechanical rear caliper COULD be a bastard if it's all rusted up and turd'd out and I know a bunch of people who rag on the mechanical rear caliper but mine has served me well.
Awk, was it fun riding home like that? How do you get around a locked up throttle cable? Be really good at wheelies?
Awk, was it fun riding home like that? How do you get around a locked up throttle cable? Be really good at wheelies?
The rear caliper works well with lubed parts and a new cable. It needs attention now and then and it will work alright.
I've had whole wheels freeze up on me due to ice, not to mention a stuck wide open throttle from when I rolled off of a bridge into a creek in a snowstorm....that was fun. The wheels I usually unfreeze with a propane heater next to the wheels and the throttle cable can be unfrozen with a hair dryer.
I've had whole wheels freeze up on me due to ice, not to mention a stuck wide open throttle from when I rolled off of a bridge into a creek in a snowstorm....that was fun. The wheels I usually unfreeze with a propane heater next to the wheels and the throttle cable can be unfrozen with a hair dryer.
