| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3214 |
| Total number of notes: | 31946 |
I'm working on an old tandem that I bought used which has a drum brake
in the rear. The brake has minimal stopping power. I disassembled the
hub and it seems to function correctly.
Does anyone know how to renew a drum brake? The brake pads don't seem
to come off; do I need to replace the hole pad assembly?
Thanks,
Peter Dillard
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| 3133.1 | STOWOA::SWFULLER | Tue Aug 06 1996 16:42 | 7 | ||
If it is an arai brake, there should be parts around, someone who
specializes in tandems. Try Tandems East, 609-451-5104. Drum brakes
are designed to slow you down on a long descent, not stop like
cantilevers. Some people use an old bar end shifter to engage the
brake
steve
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| 3133.2 | NYOSS1::DILLARD | Happiness is a 1300 with one end to go. | Sun Aug 11 1996 23:13 | 7 | |
If the drum is really designed to slow as opposed to stop (as a
cantilever would), maybe the drum is OK now. It will slow us but I
would not want to depend on it to stop us quickly.
Is this the case?
Peter
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| 3133.3 | Any brake must be able to stop you | PATE::SOLON | Thu Aug 22 1996 15:58 | 8 | |
In general, I would expect a drum brake to be very capable of
stopping; more so than rim brakes. They have the added advantage of
being able withstand and dissipate heat so dragging them on a long
downhill is much safer than with rim brakes using hard rubber brake
pads. The drum brakes on my motorcycles can certainly stop them.
Disks are better but they certainly do the job.
Tom
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