TW200 Rear Brake Maintenance and Troubleshooting

[@dirtcopdualsport]

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[@PSBEadventures]

Awesome! Breaking the glaze on that drum stopping surface as well as where you did the rust will help a ton as well. Drum brakes are tough to keep quiet sometimes! Lil break dust in the IPA will give it that "grit" you've been searching for! Did I spy a Sega Genesis controller about 4 min in? Brings it back to the altered beast and Golden Ax days right there!!! Great video buddy

[@dirtcopdualsport]

You indeed spied a genesis controller. It was a set design choice

[@PSBEadventures]

@@dirtcopdualsport Bravo!!!

[@dirtcopdualsport]

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[@dakotaadventures4553]

And I love the 80s video game theme that is so cool, man. If you're from the 80s, you'll get a kick out of my mint blue rims on my 87.haha

[@dirtcopdualsport]

Hahah those rims are friggin sick! As an 80s-90s child going in this direction was the only way! Thanks for watching btw! I’m glad you’re enjoying!

[@JohnDoe-pf5ys]

Turn your shop vac hose around to turn your shop vac into makeshift blower to blow out parts if you don’t have a compressor! Also can of brake clean is cheap way to clean it up. Thanks for the video

[@dirtcopdualsport]

Thanks for the tips! And thanks for watching!!!

[@hazcat640]

A can of Brake Kleen is good to have. You can spray down everything including the pads just before you reassemble to make sure there is no grease or debris on the surfaces.

[@dirtcopdualsport]

I was gonna pick some up but ran out of time before I had to head back to Alaska!

[@PSBEadventures]

And a drop or two of thar may spice up the Beer too! 😀

[@dirtcopdualsport]

@@PSBEadventures that sound delicious

[@hazcat640]

@@PSBEadventures Dang it! Yer not supposed to give ALL the secrets away yet. 😆

[@PSBEadventures]

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[@BuilderofRat]

You can 100% fix the rear brake issues by installing a Bradly disc brake kit. Be sure to find yourself some Banjo bolts that have a built in bleeder. Also replace the brake pads with some sintered brass ones. You will then have awesome rear brakes. I can now lock up my rear wheel at my discretion, or any amount of stopping power that I desire. No squeak, no more standing on the peddle to get any force applied to the rear tire. I also live in Idaho. What part of Idaho do you live? I am in south eastern Idaho.

[@BuilderofRat]

I even cut that arm in half that actuates the brake shoe cam, and added 2" more to the length to get more stopping power. That did not work either. The last bike that I had that had drum brakes also had a MUCH smaller rear tire. Maybe that it why it worked so much better than my TW did.

[@dirtcopdualsport]

Ive been considering the Bradley brakes but it’s not at the top of the list for now. Im about an hour away from Coeur d’Alene

[@BuilderofRat]

@@dirtcopdualsport I will bet that there are some nice trails up there. We definitely have some close to me, I am near Pocatello. As far as the brakes go, The difference is night and day!

[@dirtcopdualsport]

I will definitely keep that in mind! Glad to hear there is good riding down by pocatellow!@@BuilderofRat

[@CraftyClusterfarg]

Turns out I know this guy who lives in Idaho who knows a thing or two about brakes. How convenient given I have never changed the brakes on my CRF 250.

[@dirtcopdualsport]

We’ll give a little tlc before we go on our big ride this summer!!!!

[@dirtcopdualsport]

And thanks for the service manual!