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Posted by bob lazar on September 21, 1999 at 22:54:33:
In Reply to: Re: trike brakes posted by Gabriel on September 21, 1999 at 21:15:49:
: : As from earlier, I have just purchased a trike. From your online help I found the engine to be a 1600 dual port. Now! how do I make this thing STOP without standing with all my weight on the brakes? I have the brake shoes adjusted as good as I can get... Can you convert to disk brakes? Also how do I identify the frame or rear end they used? : You can convert to Disc Brakes but that usually cost quite a bit to do so. What I did was to use the Super Beetle brake cylinders. You'll need to open the mounting screw hole a bit but i found a #2 Unibit works fine for this. I also had to trim the feet on the pads slightly but now it stops without y problems. Also make sure you have the proper leverage on your brake pedal as well, having the connection for your master cylinder as low as possible or do what I did and use a lever to convert the direction of the pedal. :hello,
converting to discs won't solve your problem. I read about alot of ppl having brake trouble,jim posts a lot of great info in his write-up on brakes found in his opening to the forum,i will share a few things i learned and did on mine. I had a friend with a rail buggie it only had rear brakes but on the street it would stop almost as good as if it still had its front brakes, you didn't have to stand on it and you could lock up the rear brakes if you wanted to...well this bugged me, I was getting my trike going and I had to stand on the peddle to stop it and forget about locking up the brakes, I got my trike as a basket case it had been a factor kit so i thought linkages for brakes and clutch would be right, well this was not the fact.I had to rework the peddles and linkages to get things right leverage is so important to this.this seems to be a big downfall with lots of trike brakes because of peddle and linkage set-ups,The other mistake being when ppl use a bigger master cyinder thinking bigger is better,but the volume of the master cyinder must be less than that of the wheel cyinders it's moving to work right or at all. I also put front wheel cylinders on the rears they are a bit bigger, i use the old van master cyinder sometimes called a buggy master in magazine ads, and now i can lock up my rear brakes without any more effort than in a aircooled vw auto maybe a bit less...
best of luck,b.lazar
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