Hey guys, I saw a How To on changing the front brakes, and a picture break down of the rear wheel and brakes. However I couldn't find a How To on changing the rear brakes. Do you know if it's been posted?

Thanks a lot. I figured it would be pretty straight forward. There are just things that I didn't know about changing out parts (ex. when taking off the casing always replace the gasket, or put oil on certain parts if you put a new one in). Should I clean everything out? Etc. Can I get these brake pads at any local Auto Zone or bike shop?

A better idea is NO compressed air. Use a brush & dont get in a hurry. A mask is essential. A damp piece of tee shirt catches everything. A wet piece of tee shirt will about suffocate ya, damp is good. Its okay to look ridiculous when dealing with brake dust. Looking dead 15 years later wont make looking cool seem all that cool. If you can run a fan, set it to blow from Kinda sorta behind you, not directly behind, but back at an angle, toward the wheel & brake parts. That way, as much dust as can be sent away from you is being blown safely away. Recommend no children around.

Me, I use the car wash 5x.25 to hose the dust out of there before I pull the wheel - just need to ride the rear brake a little bit to dry it out - works pretty good - really not much in that rear drum to hold any thing back unless the shoes are drag'n - does your adjuster seem to be in a reasonable place?

A tight drive belt wil make it feel like the brake is dragging. The shaft the cam turns in the brake hub could be binding and need cleaning and lubing with some high temp grease. Also a little (real little) dab of high temp grease on the cam to shoe contact points will help insure squeek free operation. Please be careful and not get any grease on the brake lining material. Max

Changed the front and rear brakes. The only thing that suprised me about the fronts (cause I'm a newbie) was that when you push the piston in brake fluid shoots out of the master cylinder (that was fun). Like the tech guide I had to use a pliers to push the piston down. I know they said if you can't do it by hand you should clean it, but besides wiping it off I didn't really know where to start with that.

The rear brakes were actually easy. The only annoying thing is the back wheel and keeping track of everything. I had a couple of friends hold everything in place while putting it back which made it a lot easier. YonuhAdisi, I believe I know now what you mean by "butteflying" the rear brakes in and it definately made it easier.

I think next time I have the wheels off I'll change the bearings. They're pretty cheap. I think all you have to do is replace the old ones with the new ones, right? Do you have to put grease on em?

Thanks for the help.

FrankieB wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:


the deal on the piston is presure - you can do it most likely with your hands you just need to keep the pressure on there for a couple minutes as it goes back slow - if push it in too fast - well splash!

Do any of you know the type or number of brake shoes are used?  I'm wanting to get them online and I'm haveing dificulties finding what kind I should get.  Any help would be awsome.