Handbrake adjustment
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:53 pm
Hi everyone, as I posted a couple weeks ago, I have a very unusual original handbrake mechanism on my dexta.
Anyway I have now made the bits that were missing and got it working on the ratchet as it should do.
However it locks the nearside wheel up no problem but the other wheel is still allowed to spin freely.
I have tried to adjust the threaded part at the clevis but it is as far as it can go and it still is not moving the cross shaft which acts upon the brakes, it is as though the rod is too long?
Is there any other way to adjust the handbrake?
Its probably worth saying that I have adjusted the brakes themselves through the backplate as per manual.
Anyway I have now made the bits that were missing and got it working on the ratchet as it should do.
However it locks the nearside wheel up no problem but the other wheel is still allowed to spin freely.
I have tried to adjust the threaded part at the clevis but it is as far as it can go and it still is not moving the cross shaft which acts upon the brakes, it is as though the rod is too long?
Is there any other way to adjust the handbrake?
Its probably worth saying that I have adjusted the brakes themselves through the backplate as per manual.