HOW COASTER BRAKES WORK (pedal backwards breaks) on a bike

Ever wonder what magic is happening inside the rear wheel of your BMX bike or beach cruiser? Now you know.

[@youpattube1]

You say you haven't seen many good explanations of how coaster brakes work. I haven't either. Now that I have seen your video, I still haven't. You do not have a technical mind. Your analysis is cursory at best. And you held a necessary element in your left hand throughout, but never mentioned it or what it is used for. Is it a chicken wing ? Or a deformed kick stand ? Is it a handle for people to use when disassembling the brake system ? You should have watched more videos. I am sure that people with some mechanical ability and a logical mind have done a good job. You just aren't one of them.

[@MarkBaldridge]

Haters gonna hate! Peace out!

[@zakatacular]

Hello! So can you make it freewheel by removing all removable parts from inside? 😊

[@wordreet]

@@zakatacular I'm just going to do mine, so I'll let you know! I think less will be more. 😉 Edit : Curses, Shimano Nexus seems to need a special tool to undo the drive side!

[@Horus-Lupercal]

Pin of shame.

[@benm2046]

Finally an explanation I've got a 100cc Zeus on my Cobra. And it's giving me problems I finally got the cone nut out so that helped along the way but this video helped me the rest

[@burundi8909]

Good video

[@punkassparker]

Glad to see a thorough explanation from someone else who's funny enough to put an engine on a beach cruiser

[@mvernon1979]

Thanks for sharing.

[@lapassion24]

my kid bike is like this i guess all kid bike is pedal back braking.. but his rear wheel moving very slow , and that makes him have to pedal very strongly to get the bike going is there a way to make the bike faster !!?? i look at the chain it feels just right but when i flip yhe bike upward to spin the wheel thats when i realzed that the rear wheel is the problem but dont know how to fix this, this is probably how it is designed for beginners ..

[@johnp8354]

I have the same coaster brake assembly if anyone can help me with my issue that be great. My issue is the brakes. Don’t fully engage when I pedal back but yet when I pedal forward if I really try to pedal hard there’s slipping the chain is on and engaged but it doesn’t drive the back wheel. It’s like something slipping in that hub.. the bikes pretty brand new, I’ve taken apart the entire assembly and I can’t see what’s wrong with it please help

[@Slunqmusic]

Breaks? Brakes. Thanks though.

[@Rolingmetal]

Brand name and type? Histop perhaps? You did a good job cleaning those parts :)

[@MarkBaldridge]

No idea. These were out of a Walmart beach cruiser.

[@MarkBaldridge]

Thanks for the kind words though! :)

[@aliabt8077]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@devanshugaur8965]

Thanks for explaning. 🌸

[@drendushi3631]

My ebike is having problems with emotpr asist, i’m braking with lega a bit and tha starting to asiat kuat for a bit. Can anyone help?

[@padobranac1277]

Can that be upgraded on your bmx

[@hurleyproud5854]

My bike has reverse

[@purgefinx]

Same. Bruh it just came on my bike i did nothing and cant fix it

[@srnty_nyx]

@@purgefinx its a fixed gear bike bro

[@science2037]

so if i wanted to remove the back pedal breaking all together i would just remove those brake pads?

[@MarkBaldridge]

It seems like that might work! Try it and let us know!

[@sandeepocap]

Nice explanation.

[@markbits1960]

Thank you! :)

[@MarkBaldridge]

Whoops. Wrong account. Thank you! :)

[@adrian_zombturtle148]

Oh thats neat maybe somone should put the coaster brake system in with the pedals and conect it to a hydrolic brakes

[@tytraulich4987]

Mine doesn’t have the split brake shoes. It’s an orange cruiser from the 60s. Idk how it quite works. But there are 3 voids looking down the hub and a bunch of these independent washers with a square notch for those trace voids. They all stack along there. Assuming this what gives torque do the wheel spins.