Gorbees vw trike

[Deep Diver]

I'll get my camera

[Deep Diver]

It should only take about 2 or 3 miles to bed in the shoes. Get on a straight road and press the pedal lightly while driving. Only do this for a 100 yards. Do this around 3 or 4 times and the shoes should be ok. Don't rub down the high areas as that's all I ever do.

[gorbee01279]

It's going to be difficult as i have a foot excelerator, will have to use a stick on a serious note i will jack it up & run it stationery.Was looking at the old shoes i took off,they are quite new & in good nick & look to of been bedded in evenly so i gave them a scrub with emery paper & filed the edges,may well put them back on when the cylinders arrive.

[gorbee01279]

Right where do i start,stripped the brakes out both sides,the cylinders i took of were 19mm cleaned everything up & fitted the new cylinders 22mm & fitted the older brake shoes adjusted all the shoes so there just rubbing & bled the brakes went back & adjusted shoes again, had no one to give me a hand so jammed a piece of wood on the brake pedal lightly & it had resistance on the drums so jammed it tighter & it locked the brakes both sides solid couldn't turn the drums by hand released the jammed wood & drums turned freely tried the hand brake locked up the off side drum lovely, pedal feels a little better but still a bit hard.By this time i've had enough & haven't the energy to put the wheels back on & test it out,will do that tomorrow & let you know if it's worked.Bruisers brake saga continues.......

[Deep Diver]

The only way you can see is a road test

[gorbee01279]

Will test it tomorrow,too knackered to do it today....

[Skidmark]

just a thought if it were a case of cheap crappy shoes causing the problem, is there such things as for other cars rear brake shoes made from say green stuff or a recommended good quality 40mm wide brake shoes for my drums

[gorbee01279]

just a thought if it were a case of cheap crappy shoes causing the problem, is there such things as for other cars rear brake shoes made from say green stuff or a recommended good quality 40mm wide brake shoes for my drums

It could be, i use QH stuff which are a pretty reliable quality,but saying that even if they were crappy shoes they should still stop you but probably wouldn't last long wait til tomorrow & i will post my results.

[gorbee01279]

One thing i did notice on the 19mm cylinders is that they have a stop washer on the piston that stops it going back to far into the cylinder were as the 22mm don't which allows the piston to move more in & out.

[gorbee01279]

Hurray i have brakes. They are good & stop me well but at the moment will not lock up i think they just need a little usage & hoping they will get better once bedded in,at least there safe & it's rideable so in conclusion fitting the 22mm slave cylinders with a 3/4 bore master seems to of cured the problem so i will run it around a bit & adjust the shoes again once they have settled.