what is a back off plate?

[gatorchin]

when reading about the park brake elimination on wolverines..-unhook white connector and plug back wire into back/white wire at bullet connectors up front.., I also hear people talking about installing a "back off plate"..what is this?? and what is its purpose?

And if I decide to buy one where can I find them online?

Edited October 3, 2013 by gatorchin
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[Mudflap64]

Just guessing, but I have to assume its supposed to prevent your brake adjustment from backing off if you eliminate the parking brake. Most designs incorporate the brake adjustment into the parking brake. I could be wrong.

[gatorchin]

I did some digging and saw a picture of one on another forum..lots of sport quad guys take the rear parking brake assembly. In its place you just put a plate with two bolts, keeping your hydraulic brake..like on my wolverine and the warriors the park brake is always causing problems, they get stuck causing the bike to sputte, backfire, and run like crap..safety feature letting the rider know his e brake is on (when most of the time it isn't actually on, it just hasn't fully sprung back)..so they remove the whole assembly and put a backing plate in its place...which is exactly what I plan to do(this is what I gathered from reading a little anyway, there may more or different reasons also

[gatorchin]

Just guessing, but I have to assume its supposed to prevent your brake adjustment from backing off if you eliminate the parking brake. Most designs incorporate the brake adjustment into the parking brake. I could be wrong.

Yep, think you guessed correctly