I'm replacing the front drum brakes on my quad. I have everything back assembled and have adjusted the brakes so that the wheels are free moving without any tension (ie: I don't feel the pads touching the drum wall when turning the wheels). However, when applying the brake lever the brakes do not fully extend and stop the wheel. If I adjust the pads further out at all then when the wheels turn the pad grind up on the drum wall.

Could this just be a pressure issue? Do I need to do anything with the brake fluid? I accidentally ejected one of the pistons from one side of the wheel, however I put it back into position, bleed the brakes on that side and refilled the reservoir. I was thinking of just draining the entire system and putting new fluid in anyways. When refilling the reservoir could I have overfilled it causing a loss of pressure? I really don't know much about hydraulic braking systems.

Any help is appreciated.

5/14/2010 12:28:31 AM

wow

5/14/2010 8:25:58 AM

first offf. drums MUST rub.

5/14/2010 8:32:03 AM

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"first offf. drums MUST rub."

Ok, I'll adjust them so the rub and see what that does. Thanks.

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"wow"

wow what? I'm learning how to do all this shit myself and I'm pretty excited. Everyone's gotta start somewhere right?

5/14/2010 8:47:08 AM