We will take this into consideration when we go to work on it. The 85 Nighthawk 650 is not chain driven, so I don't have any chain to worry about adjusting. We didn't replace shoes as they were recently replaced by the previous owner. I will check the placement of the brake arm and recheck all of the springs again. Cyclepedia's tech support recommended adjusting the brake pedal and checking the brake pedal free play. That seems like more of a "I have no idea" type of answer (from Cyclepedia) to me but it's worth a shot. Thanks for your reply and suggestions!
On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 12:37:03 PM UTC-5, Double G wrote: > > The angle is important. There should be an alignment arrow on the > lever. the shaft does not have splines where the gap in the lever > slides on. It is possible to get it on wrong with some inattention and > a spread out clamp, but I think you'd notice. Be sure the axle is > adjusted "square"" or exactly the same on both sides w/ the proper > slack in the chain. I like to adjust the chain slack with a riders > weight actually on the bike, but that's me. Then be sure the round > pivot in the small lever the rod rides in is not cocked, check the rod > on the lever end, be sure the spring is on right, take the lever off > and clean up the pivot and inside the lever, when it dropped down when > free, it may have picked up enough contaminant to gum up the works. I > like to lube such pivots w/ moly or waterproof marine grease. And > don't forget the problem could be in the backing plate where the brake > cam goes thru the backing plate. I'd hope this was cleaned and lubed > when shoes went in, but you know....take a good look there. > > On May 8, 11:16 am, Bryan Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, that spring is there and it's fine. Not sure how diligent we were > > about lining anything up when replacing the brake arm. How much affect > > would that have if they WEREN'T aligned? > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 9:32:05 AM UTC-5, Allen wrote: > > > > > There should be a return spring on the lever near the pivot. > > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > ------------------------------ > > > *From: * Bryan Gibson <[email protected]> > > > *Sender: * [email protected] > > > *Date: *Tue, 8 May 2012 07:21:04 -0700 (PDT) > > > *To: *<[email protected]> > > > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > > > *Subject: *[Nighthawk Lovers] Rear brake pedal not returning... > > > > > I had to replace the valve stems on both the front and rear tires > recently > > > and after reassembling the bike, everything seemed to be in order. I > just > > > happened to check the back brake and after applying pressure, the > brake > > > pedal would not return to the up position (other than doing it > manually). > > > I use the back brake without the front often, so I am confident it was > > > working 100% before we removed the tire. My buddy seems to think that > > > removing and lubricating the pedal shaft will fix the problem, but I'm > > > skeptical as this was working smoothly beforehand as I mentioned. Is > there > > > something we have forgotten to adjust? The rear brake adjustment was > also > > > left as-is (other than being removed from the brake hub in order to > remove > > > the wheel) and the spring(s) are both functional. Only other > modification > > > was that the tension clamp(?) for the brake pedal adjustment on the > hub > > > required a new bolt because the old one was not threading properly. > Any > > > knowledge of this problem? > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nighthawk_lovers/-/DMlMa-LbSWQJ. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nighthawk_lovers/-/wJoRNqDJBsEJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
