Rear brake handle wobbles By rafangel (Read 657 times)

[rafangel]

Ok, so thanks to your good selfs on here, i now have a crisp, buzzing little 50cc scooter engine!

I have one more question with regards to brakes.

My Rear Brake Handle is all wobbly and i have to pull on it real hard to get the rear brake to engage and slow me down. The front break seems fine, but the rear handle is loose, as in i can move it up and down and there is a lot of play in the pull of it before the brake engages.

Any Help with this one would be amazing. i'm a lil unsure with messing around with brakes for obvious reasons! As with the engine though, i would like to have a crack at fixing them before i take the scooter to a mechanic.

thanks (yet again) for your time

[gatekeeper]

If the rear brake is the drum type, there is an adjuster. Look down at the rear wheel hub, left side under the rear end of the CVT case. There will be a barrel nut on a long threaded rod. Turn this nut clockwise to take the free play out of the brake lever.

As far as the up and down movement of the lever, that just means the mounting hole the bolt goes through is worn. Only easy way to fix that is to replace the lever.

[Bashan]

The green arrow indicates the adjuster nut Gatekeeper is referring to:

[sprocket]

Just a note..rear brakes are NOT designed to STOP the scooter..you use both brakes to stop. The rear brake is simply there to prevent the back end breaking loose, and coming round.

Get in the habit of braking with both hands