Re: Suzuki GZ250, rear brake problem

thanks for that, sounds like something for me to get into at the
weekend,
I hadn't really considered that it could be a "simple" Clean and
Grease, I suspected
the operating arm would have had some kind of component that'd need
replacing.
this actually occurred about 2 or 3 years ago - and I think now it may
not hav ehad the service correctly done, cos he couldnt figure out why
it would not return to normal position after removal and reassembly -
and ended up adding a Spring on the end of the Cable to 'push' it back
into the release position - which obviously worked ok - up to now!
Lets hope this does the trick this time.
thanks again.


The operating arm has seized in the brake drum plate. Common fault,
that afflicts virtually all drum brakes sooner or later....

See where the cable is attached, on the rear wheel? That's the
operating arm. If it's not returning, then you remove the rear wheel,
remove the brake plate, and remove the operating arm from its splines
(mark where it sits with a small scratch or a punch mark or similar,
so you put it back in exactly the same place afterwards).

Knock out the pivot pin that the arm is splined to. Clean it up with
wet & dry paper or similar. Grease it very lightly, with a decent moly
or copper-based grease. Check it swivels nice and freely. Reassembly
is the reverse of disassembly. Half an hour's work, maybe.

Oh, clean all the brake dust out of the drum while you're there.

.

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