Tlr 250 Front Brake

[superhondaman]

Any hints about how to get rid of the spongey feeling when the leaver is pulled on?

I have fitted new pads and cable (Honda parts) I Centralise the shoes prior to pinching up the axle etc, But you can still pull the brake arm further once the shoes have engaged on the drum. On my 200 fantic once it gets to a certain point then thats it, they wont lock up but are about 25% better than the Honda.

[slapshot 3]

One trick i used, old one mind you was to file off the sharp leading edges of the shoes, took away any snatchy feeling. I could never rid myself of the spongy feel no matter how hard i tried or what I did. I always found that when I took the hub off to clean it after a trial the shoes and hub liner were always glazed don't know why, it would always atke a rub with a bit of sandpaper to clean it up properly.

It was once suggested that the spongy feel was primarily down to the cable and cable stretch. I never solved it, maybe it's one of the reasons I sold it on

[1985tlr]

Like i posted before, there is a trick that will fix youre problem.

Clean the brake pads with some sandpaper.

Then put some hardner ( from 2k paint) on it, let it dry fore a day , then again clean it with sandpaper.

Be careful the first time you test it because you dont want to eat your front fender.

Succes.

Let us know youre results.

See my other topic: http://www.trialscentral.com/forums/index....8&hl=brakes

Edited July 6, 2006 by 1985tlr

[g4321]

The drum probably needs skimmed true BUT the problem with this is the shoes will be a smaller diameter tha the drum.

The other answer is to fit a disk!