• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Front Brake Adjust

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gregg0323

Husqvarna
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I put brand new front brake shoes and brand new cable on my 82 430xc. I had to extend the adjusters at both ends of cable to max in order to get them to bite hard enough to stop the bike. Would my drum be that worn where I have to max out both adjuster to make the brake work? Or, am I missing something in the adjustment?
 
Some brands of brake shoes have a thinner liner than others. A reasonable option is have your old shoes relined. It is not as bad as you would think. Older Huskys such as my 75 wr 250 uses the small hub on the front . VERY hard to find any shoes. I switched to a 400 cross front wheel. The new shoes I find have a thinner liner on the shoe. I have a mill and a lathe in my shop. I machined a thicker brake cam. It works great. You want the lever on the hub to be in the best position to give the most leverage spreading the shoes. Also, relining gives you options on type of liner. You might find something better. Jeff
 
I have found that new cables vary massively in length of inner and outer compared to O.E. I had issues with new Venhill cables. Some have been perfect, others not so. If you have used EBC shoes, they do seem to be thinner than O.E.

The joy of keeping older bikes ... !
 
grouty said:
I have found that new cables vary massively in length of inner and outer compared to O.E. I had issues with new Venhill cables. Some have been perfect, others not so. If you have used EBC shoes, they do seem to be thinner than O.E.

The joy of keeping older bikes ... !
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Hence shorten the inner, as long as the lever on the brake plate is at the right angle, this is correct. I often make my own cables for this very reason!
 
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