LesterL

Good Info, thanks Mech!

Yeah, these drums had a cog wheel adjuster front and back of the post that the shoes mount to. The brake lever will hold pressure, but there is alot of travel. At first I could get a little brake action by pumping to the handle bar. Here are some photos of the quad, I just repaired the front rack and painted it. Got the sprayer with it, works good spraying with Left hand...

Thanks for the ideas fellas, I have had the front apart, never thought about the slaves being frozen on one side, may give that a try next chance I get. I did ratchet out the adjuster a tad till I started to have some slight drag and now I do have some braking, it will stop the quad, not fast, but it will hold its own now. I think the Master may be weak, they are cheap and I may just throw one at it.... again when I get some time.

Thanks!

Pulled the front wheels off, then the drums. Everything looks ok, shoes look fine, cylinders are not leaky. Hosed everything down with brake cleaner, put drums back on. Noticed they freewheeled pretty good, so I tightened down the front shoe adjuster till I had some drag and now there is SOME brake action. It is better than it was, but not enough to come close to stopping the quad quickly. I did turn the wheels inside out so the front stance was wider (wife is concerned that it is so narrow and "easy to flip". We shall see. I will try to get some pix up eventually if I think about it.

My buddy is an over the road truck driver and left me his to use on my new farm. Found my Suzuki from a friend and am really liking it so far.

I like small projects, unfortunately I usually get a big project that keeps me from the little ones like this quad, still have to get my Ford 4000 put back together....

Been a member of other forums, but since I recently purchased a used quad figured I would join up. Live south of Kansas City, MO...

Nice... will have to check it out.... Picked this guy up for $400... so of course its gonna need some work.

Im having similar issues, guess I need to pull the drums off and look at mine now.... 🙂

Still have no front brakes to speak of. Took Master Cylinder apart, big end of piston return spring was broken (at very end, I bent the end over and stretched it a bit). I cleaned it after removing the rubber in the bottom of the reservoir and removing the piston of course. Does not seem to pump up real well, is there a rebuild kit for these?

So I bled the brakes today. Fluid was very rusty, flushed alot of fluid out untill it was clear.

Is there a rubber boot between the carb and engine, look for cracks there and such.

Found brake fluid resivoir low/empty. Filled it up, pumped brake handle and after a couple pumps had brakes, but they went away after sitting a few seconds, until pumped a few more times... Bleeding is next, when I get a chance..

The front brakes barely hold back pushing the quad and are weak. Thoughts?