WHAT MAKES IT WORK? #13 The Bicycle Coaster Brake tubalcain

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[@roberthorner8494]

I'M 73 AND I RODE A BIKE MANY MILES IN MY YOUTH. I NEVER KNEW UNTIL NOW HOW THE BRAKES WORKED. THANKS MR. PETE.

[@mrpete222]

+ROBERT HORNER I'm 72 & never had apart until recently

[@garniful]

Wow, I have to admit that I have filled my curiosity to know how it works. I really thank you man, for sharing your beautiful moments with us man

[@tylerthompson5933]

I loved hearing your memory of using the brake as a bottle opener. Thank you.

[@nancyjohnston3405]

Thank you! I loved seeing the cross section of the whole mechanism working. Nice job on explaining how the coaster brake works.

[@JohnHeisz]

I always wondered how that worked when I was kid, but (surprisingly) resisted the temptation to take it apart for a look. Thanks!

[@mrpete222]

+John Heisz Thanks for watching

[@rgetso]

It's amazing how, as kids, we would take apart most things, but investigating the mysterious rear hub on our bikes and anything on dad's car or in his workshop were strictly off limits!

[@chuckanderson6370]

​@@mrpete222😅

[@MrPatdeeee]

My parents were VERY poor when I was growing up. So much so that they could only afford one bicycle for my brother and I to share. Talk about a struggle of who got the bike "this time". And of course it had a "New Departure" brake on it 80 years ago. The more wealthy kids always had "Bendix" on their bikes. They shamed me and my parents with statements like, "YOUR bike is NO good because of those stupid brakes". I obviously felt very bad and was ashamed to ride unless they were not around to ridicule me. So when you said Bendix and New Departure it brought back some sad nostalgic memories of my early childhood. But as Jesus is my witness, NOTHING could stop my love for my parents. For they did the best they could. May the Lord rest their dear souls.

[@mrpete222]

We had beat up old bikes too--my friends had schwinns

[@sparticus214]

pat dee Those kids are full of shit because cheap or expensive coaster brake are for toy type bicycle and are all equally not for professional sport.

[@abelowther7531]

pat dee I don't now who you are but your okay godless you and urban parents

[@abelowther7531]

pat dee and your parents I ment

[@abelowther7531]

pat dee not me I didn't have food till I was 24 never mind a bike

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

That was very interesting. I guess at some level I always wondered what was in there. Here I am 70 years old and never took one of those apart. I just did not want to take the time to put it back together if a lot of parts fell out. Anyway you did a good enough job to make up for all of us and now we will always know what is inside a coaster brake. Thanks for sharing.

[@mrpete222]

+Amateur Redneck Workshop Thanks for watcing

[@Metal-Possum]

If you think this is complicated, just wait until you need to service a Sturmey Archer hub. Also a very simple mechanism when you break it down.

[@doghelper8288]

How to do

[@bozkurt158]

Every time I watch your videos you take me back in time when we had to learn to fix/repair everything, AND it was a lot of fun, I feel sorry/sad for today's young and the "throw-away" society. : (

[@Nik-ny9ue]

we're still around! I love fixing my stuff. I always brag to my friends

[@Zaque-TV]

@@Nik-ny9ue fuck yeah son getit

[@rahrah4250]

Most definitely we are still here. 45 and still learning how to fix shit with my two hands. i think the generation X are the last of the "do it yourselves" When i was a child i had to learn to work and fix everything i broke or found broken. If it's broken more likely it'll get fixed if not well I'll keep it just Incase i could use parts from it in something else

[@jamesmccoskey2844]

Bravo Tubalcain! You've done it again.... You've made video viewing so interesting, enlightening and very enjoyable. Thanks very much for all the time you take to make things so easily understandable. Hooray for cut-aways! If every classroom in America had a teacher as practical and straight-forward as you, it would be 1958 all over again. And I mean that in the best possible way. Long live Mr. Wizard.

[@harveysmith100]

Thanks again. another childhood mystery solved. I have always had one of those minds that wants to know how it works. You answer many questions for me, all be it 40 years late! Very grateful. Just one more thing, a big thanks to the designers of these mechanical marvels that you show. Our lives are so much richer because of them.

[@mrpete222]

+Harvey Smith Thanks for watching.

[@3Orthoman]

This is a GREAT video! I always wondered how these worked but of course never dared as a kid to try to take one apart. I always thought they used a cam actuator or some kind of Sprague clutch but this is much more sophisticated than I suspected. A real testament to engineering, with the hardened drum, critical angles, metal on metal braking, multiple thread actuators, etc. And what great memories you shared! It really is amazing how robust these are as we beat them mercilessly. I remember getting a 3 speed and thinking I was king of the road. I'm sure you clipped playing cards to your frame to buzz against the spokes as well. You should paint the sides of the cutaway red to look like all the great commercial engine and transmission cutaways. Maybe start a collection of cutaways. Then you could open your own branch of the Museum of Science and Industry where we haunted the halls looking at all the cool mechanisms in the stairwells and the engine cutaways. They used to have a whole display of vintage aircraft engines in the balcony that are now all long gone.

[@mrpete222]

+RedDog Willys Jeep Thanks for watching.

[@denniscasey2883]

You, Sir, are a true educator. A rare breed indeed. Thank you so much for your thorough explanation and patience in knowing repeating yourself is everything to those of us who may not have picked up what you put down the first time. you have earned a fan for life.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@mrpete222]

Thank you for watching

[@not2fast4u2c]

That was Cool to see the cut -away !!!

[@mrpete222]

+not2fast4u2c Thanks for watching

[@joenovak2725]

Thanks, This brings back memories as this was the first mechanism I took apart. Having a paper route in grade school you needed a bike to shorten delivery time. I remember taking the back hub apart in 7th or 8th grade because the brake would not work. Ultimately the brake shoes were worn. It took me a number of trials to take it apart and diagnose what was the root cause of failure. It was a dirty job and the first thing you did was fill an old coffee can with some gas and wash all the dirty grease from the parts. It was a small yet significant accomplishment fixing your own bike. Perhaps the reason I chose engineering as a profession. Keep the vids coming! Great Work.

[@AmRadPodcast]

I always wondered. Great cutaway, worth the hours work if you ask me.

[@mrpete222]

+The Current Source Thanks for watcing

[@danbreyfogle8486]

As a child of the 1950's I can't tell you the joy I had in tearing my rear hub apart to "fix" it. In reality there was nothing wrong with it but I figured out how to get it apart and successfully put it back together. No one but me seemed to care but it was a big deal to me. My brother had a two speed coaster brake wheel. I never got a chance to tear it apart. But just like the coaster brake you shifted gears by kicking the pedal back but not far enough to hit the brakes. I know, I am talking too much, my failing. But I also remember our bike races with heart stopping skids to a stop and we'd jump to test our hubs to see if they were scaling hot. They weren't but we imagined we could start a fire from hot brakes. It was easy to entertain us... No reply needed or expected. I loved this video...

[@stephenrichie4646]

Wow, what a walk down memory lane! Running my paper route twice a day, I went through these things faster than I did front tires! I became a whiz at replacing both. (Small town Missouri. 1952). Thanks!

[@mrpete222]

+Stephen Richie Thanks for watching--yep, small town in Ill, 1955

[@GggNobody-zg3wg]

Very nice to see how my old bicycle used to work. I actually came here because of a sudden obsession to know how these brakes worked. All I could remember was the metal tongue thing sticking out and to the side of the hub. I remember wearing out my tires trying to see who could skid the most down hill or make a large sweeping action with the back tire while breaking. What fun we had as children.

[@mrpete222]

👍👍👍👍

[@cyrex686]

Love the cutaway, great to see how it works.

[@mrpete222]

+cyrex686 Thanks for watching

[@motorhobo]

It's all about the cutaway -- that's what makes it click. Thanks so much for taking the time and energy to actually do that, it helped me immensely in my current project.

[@mrpete222]

+Van Albert Thanks for watching--glad I helped

[@nordishkiel5985]

Very nice video! If you come across one of the shifting hub gears, it would be nice to see how those work as well. The older ones are usually 3-speed (at least here in Germany), but you can get them up to 14-speed (Rohloff 500/14) now.

[@mrpete222]

+Nordish Kiel I have been looking for a 3 speed-they are non existant

[@MrBen527]

+mrpete222 My father in law still rides his old green Schwinn 3 speed. I give him crap all the time because of the rust on it. I call it the tetanus shot!

[@garygsp3]

+MrBen527 You may laugh at "Tetanus shot" but depending on brand and model it is likely worth $200- $500 plus even in it's rusty condition. If it's something highly sought after it could be worth more than that. I've seen a rusty old tricycle that I wouldn't have given a plug nickle for sell at a swap meet for $500. Don't ever under estimate the value of those old bikes.

[@MrBen527]

garygsp3 Oh I know that! Its much more fun to give my F and Law hell about it.

[@notsofresh8563]

+mrpete222 I have about a dozen of them. I rebuild them at work, as well as any other internal gear hub. The rare strange ones are the 2 speed kick back. Kick it back a little to shift gears hi/low, kick it back more for the brake. 2 gears, one brake, no cable. If you were closer, without a border between, I would send you one, as well as a sturmey archer 3 speed. Incidentally, one of the first downhill offroad bicycle races was called repack because they would have to repack the boiled out grease from the coaster brake each ride (or half way down). Look up repack mountainbike....

[@dwtees]

When I was 7 or 8, I guess, I could overhaul Bendix and sometimes New Departure coaster brakes. I did it for all my friends to re-lubricate the bearings so our bikes would coast efficiently and to tighten up loose wobbling rear wheels. The New Departure was more complicated and sometimes I couldn't get them back together properly. I did not understand how either one worked until now. Thank you Mr. Pete. This brake you demonstrate looks like the New Departure design if memory serves however it was over 50 years ago!

[@RabbitHeart08]

What a guy! Thank you sir, and I enjoyed your stories and speaking voice.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@ceptimus]

I had a two-speed hub with a coaster brake in a bike. The gear change was by back peddling slightly but not enough to apply the brake - there was no separate cable control. I also had a three speed hub, but that didn't have a brake. I never took one apart so it was interesting to see your video. One problem with coaster brakes was when you stopped on a hill with the pedals straight up and down and then there was no easy way to get them to the desired 'quarter to three' position ready for the hill start. I remember I used to apply the front brake and push forward on the handlebars so as to lift the rear wheel of the ground so the pedals could be easily repositioned.

[@EltallerdeJeffer]

Excelente video. Saludos desde Colombia!!!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@ecrusch]

I'm 62 years old and my childhood had a 20" sears spider bike my dad got me for my 12th birthday. It had coaster brakes. (I think Bendix) and I rode the wheels right off that thing. God, did I ever put the miles on that thing. And my buddies and I would go over to one or another's house and clean and shine out bikes up. They took a beating, but they were our pride and joy.We rode all summer long. Man O man, those really were the days. Thanks for bringing back the memories Tubalcain.

[@ecrusch]

And, by the way, I never really knew how coaster brakes worked until now. You are a service to mankind Tubalcain.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@Lee-qp6gf]

LOL, you sure have a way of bringing back old memories. For some reason, when I was a kid early 50's, we found it necessary to work on our bikes. Tip them over on the seat and take that back wheel off and take the hub apart and change the grease. We would take the cone out and wash them off, in a can of gas, and put them back together again. Then we would go after the crank. We even took the pedals off and oiled them up. I forgot all about doing that and can't think why we did it other than being mechanics. At first I didn't have a bike but my sister did. Great video and subject. I doubt its been done before. Cheers

[@warrenfromga9945]

It sounds like you lived in my neighborhood growing up. We worked on ours to.

[@mrpete222]

+Lee Waterman Thanks for watching--yep--always turned the bike upside dow,

[@halibut1249]

This is the first of your video's I've watched but I learned something today I've always wondered about but had never researched. Your disassembly of the drum and explanation and especially the cut-out visual of the drum, make the mechanics of riding/braking easy to understand. Needless to say, I can now identify how a crankshaft on a coaster-brake bike propels the bike forward, or alternatively slows it down by pushing the brake shoes to expand against the walls of the drum, depending on which way you pedal (and the so-called "cone" either screwing toward the sprocket or toward the brake shoes). Thanks to the internet and video's such as yours, people can easily become "smarter" about whatever it is they're interested in. I found your video because I was trying to figure out how to force a stopping skid using coaster brakes. THANKS !!!

[@jasonbannan4024]

Thank you Sir for that nice video. It was a lot of work for you to do that cutaway and show us the working mechanism. Much appreciated. As a kid I did everything I could on my own to my bikes. Took apart the head sets, cranks and bottom brackets, but never the wheel hubs except to grease the bearings. I always wondered what was inside my rear hub and thanks to you I now know. I still love bicycles and your video again substantiates for me the marvelous engineering advances that has gone into that mode of transportation over the centuries.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching--yes, it was very hard

[@apx5777]

nice cut away. would it be possible to request a similar video on the sterniarch bike hub centre gears?

[@apx5777]

think they're actually called sturmey-archer gears

[@keithschwartz7318]

Don’t know how this came up after so long but I’m glad it did. I remember taking mine apart many times. The Bendix coaster brake was on the more expensive bikes. It had a red line painted on the middle of the hub. SHEIN bikes that had the two speed axle had three lines. Thanks Lyle.

[@MrUbiquitousTech]

This takes me back too. We used to tear into these also; we'd often munch up some bearing and have to replace them. Sometimes bend or strip an axle as well. We were hard on our bikes. I don't recall New Departure, but Bendix was definitely the big dog and in later years, IIRC, Shimano. We hated taking the Shimanos apart because instead of two large brake shoes like the Bendix, it had four small ones. That made it difficult for one person to get everything lined up and assembled whilst holding it all together. Then back pedaling free-wheelers with hand brakes became in vogue and gone was the coaster brake, you weren't cool if you had one. :o/ Another excellent Tubalcain cutaway! Mr. Pete has the best teaching aids ever!

[@30YADIG]

This is Exactly what Most video needs to be like. You show precisely everything in detail! Outstanding!!

[@trialshawaii]

Awesome video! The tubalcain cutaway really helped me visualize the operation of the internal mechanism. This satisfies my 60+ years of curiosity of how it works. We need more videos like this!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@monkfry]

Your comment about America these days reminded me of an article I read once. I figure you might like this story. A woman in her late 90s was being interviewed about her and her husbands soon to be wedding anniversary. They were high school sweethearts and married young. The reporter asked what the secret to their marriage was. Her reply was, "Back in my day we didn't have much. We worked hard for what money we did have and when something was broken you didn't throw it away, you fixed it. That's just how our generation was". I wish I could have met her. We would've had good conversation.

[@mrpete222]

+monkfry Thanks for watching--sound advise

[@kalidindigopikrishna]

I had this question of How Coaster brakes work for a long time. You made it very clear, it's quite fascinating that you took so much of effort to show this to us

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@andybarrett6472]

What a great tutorial with the cut view. I spent hours with a bag of parts from a wheel purchase that came disassembled. I got it assembled by logic but now I know how it works. Thank you!

[@mrpete222]

Glad it helped!

[@kabrogan1]

That's freaking genius! I'm approaching 50 years old and cannibalized tons of bikes in the 70s & 80s and never knew how that worked. Thanks Mr. Pete! I always feel a bit smarter after watching your videos. I'd say I wish you were my shop teacher in high school, but I was pretty difficult to handle back then. Much respect for you from New Jersey!

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@johnmaki1197]

Thanks, I grew up riding coaster brake bikes in the early 70s and never knew how the things worked. I don't recall ever having a problem with them so I never needed to take one apart - good thing as I probably wouldn't have gotten it back together!

[@kimberlykahl7842]

This was a fantastic video. Thank you. Not only did you explain the function of each part but did a cutaway and then we could really see all the action. Fantastic invention in the coaster brake, had no idea. You helped me understand so I could intelligently take a part, clean, lube, and re-assemble a 1952 Schwinn phantom. Awesome work sir. thank you.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks, I'm very glad that you enjoyed it

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Hi Mr. Pete. I really enjoyed this one. My mom had a bike with the coaster-brake system on it. I learned to drive a bicycle on that one! We also had a bike with a coaster brake system that had a 3-speed transmission built into the rear hub. It was all you need. The low range was adequate for any hill that you would reasonably ride a bike on. The two other gears would allow speeds of 30+ MPH. It was plenty adequate. There was no chain derailer or other junk to cause the chain to fall off. I would love to see how that worked! I really enjoy your way of explaining things. Thumbs-up from me. I don't know why anyone would vote down any of your videos. I have noticed that some people seem to subscribe just so they can vote thumbs-down on each new video that I post. I wish You Tube would require that a user post a comment, stating the reason, before they are allowed to vote thumbs-down. That would make people think before they do that, since some of us take it seriously. It would also cut out the rift-raft who will go through a user's entire video list and thumbs-down each and every video.

[@wildbill23c]

+davida1hiwaaynet It would be interesting to see how those older internal 3 speed hubs worked. I've never ridden one of them either, just the standard single speed bicycles, and a couple of mountain bikes, I think both were 10 speeds, but those dang parts never seemed to stay adjusted properly and they are expensive to repair I won't waste my money on them.

[@wayneherl1442]

+davida1hiwaaynet I had an English three speed bicycle I inherited from a cousin of mine when I was about 13, it had the coaster brake on it. I would like to know how it worked compared to this system. I don't remember the make of it and my mom sold it when I was in boot camp.

[@mrpete222]

+davida1hiwaaynet Thanks for watching

[@jackeyer8156]

I love the nostalgic references and the st. louis motor aside. It's like being in grandpa's shop and listening to his tall tales and reflections on life in general."It will end up on the curb, because we throw everything out here in America." I came looking for coaster brake video, but stayed for the folksy charm.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@doctajownz8307]

Awesome video!!! I always wondered how coaster brakes worked growing up, and why they sometimes slipped out under heavy pedaling. Such a simple design. Loved the cut-away as well. Always something to learn from your videos. Thank you good sir.

[@blacklotus5364]

This was really cool. The cutaway really shows how clever the design is.

[@ashleyward427]

Awesome video. I remember as a kid having a braking problem with my bike. So as many kids would do, i pulled the hub apart. Only to find I was unable to reassemble it. I then had to save my pocket money to send the whole thing to the bike shop to repair. I was never game enough to pull it apart again to study the inner workings. Now I know. Thank You.

[@mrpete222]

+Ashley Ward (Ash) Thanks for watching

[@MaturePatriot]

I knew you meant tires, because we did the same thing. We learned to put a boot in the tire to cover the hole. We used to cut a leather strap to ride on the chrome axles to keep them polished, but that didn't work for the ones with oilers. Very informative. I still don't understand the thumbs down, on these videos. I love 'em.

[@JLH_LetsPlay]

You are a great teacher, I am very intrigued. I sure did wear out a lot of tires when I was a kid, my Mom would yell at me when I would leave a 10' skid mark on our sidewalk. Now I'm in my 40's and this brought back some memories, and answered my questions from many years ago about how these worked.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@jeramydowns2487]

I had wondered as a kid how it worked. Then as I got older forgot all about it until now. Thank you for making this video. I really enjoyed watching!

[@scottd9755]

cheers for the help mate. Teaching us in as much detail as you can good job 😊

[@claudiomenesesc]

That was a quite a ride along memory lane.....Thanks again Mr. Pete.

[@ravigautam8685]

Cutting the hub to show us the cross section view was critical for me. It made the understanding about it so instantaneous!!!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@georgeeads8689]

We didn't have much growing up and my first bicycle was one I put together from parts of other bicycles. I did all my mechanical work on my bikes myself. Watching your video brought back many good memories. I remember taking a coaster brake apart just to how it worked and I was successful in putting it back together. Great video.

[@airdogj]

i am 67 years old retired airforce aircraft mechanic and i wanted to know what made the brakes work . thank you for taking the time and effort to educate every inquiring mind .

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@mannequinplayer]

I have to admit, I was becoming a bit lost until you showed the cut away piece working. Thank you so much, very cool!

[@MrSchoessow]

Again Sir, very interesting and informative not to mention entertaining! I'm 71 and always wanted to know how that worked but never bothered to take one apart. Thanks

[@mrpete222]

+Dennis Schoessow Thanks for watching

[@kirpaweldingandfabinc7729]

There are so many things around us with moving parts in them, but only few of us know how they work. And you sir of course know a lot about those moving parts. I thank you for these videos and thanks you for taking your valuable time to share with us.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you for that

[@namdarbolour9890]

Excellent educational video showing theory of operation, something rare on KZbin. When we know theory of operation, we can much more easily diagnose and fix problems. Most of KZbin is a wasteland of commercial stuff! Thank you!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@dogsandwich77]

I forgot why i started watching this video, I got too fascinated in some of your stories! Getting ready to rebuild the coaster brake on my Dad's old Murray Monterey. The bike is exactly 11 months older than me, making it from Nov. 1984. Not too old I suppose, but 39 years, that's old for grease in my opinion haha Im gonna crack open a cold one for ya right off the brake arm when it's back together. 💪

[@j33pfyn4tik6]

Thank you sir for your time and effort to thoroughly explain the coaster brake system.

[@mrpete222]

Happy to help

[@walterdalpiaz4349]

that was the best explanation of a coaster brake hub, or for that matter any kind of bicycle hub that i've ever seen. What a very interesting explanation. So very clear. You my friend are remarkable in your clarity. Thank you very much for showing this. I just picked up a discarded bike and i was going to take apart the hub, now I have a good grasp of what i'm dealing with. Keep up the good work, looking forward to more from you in the future

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@jimmarst]

Thank you for demonstrating so well how a coaster brake works!

[@mrpete222]

👍👍

[@surfclimbcycle]

Thanks so much - watching in Brisbane, Australia. My son's bike has this type of hub, it started to be very noisy when he rode it. He's out grown the bike, but I wanted to fix it and pass it on somewhere (not just discard it when we got him a bigger bike). I noticed your comments about "out on the kerb, that's what we do..." - you said in America, but I think most western society is similar - this was a lament of my late father's also, and I feel similar. Anyway, I found one of the bearings in the hub was destroyed (can't figure out how that happened) so now with some help from yours and other videos, I've fixed it with a $5 part, and it's near new. Thanks again.

[@mrpete222]

👍👍👍

[@callmeacab]

I loved when you got distracted with the motor. That's just like me!!!

[@ifferl8781]

Thanks for cutting into this coaster break. Great job explaining.

[@douglaspierce316]

I just lubed my two year old bike hub this summer. 67 years old now the last time I was about 12. the bikes from twain are not well lubed. [sell more that way] did all bearings and it rides much better with this repair. great cut away. thanks pete

[@mrpete222]

+douglas pierce Thanks for watching

[@MrGoosePit]

Thank you for explaining another mystery of engineering with an excellent cutaway! Much appreciated.

[@mrpete222]

+MrGoosePit Thanks for watching

[@copkhan007]

Excellent video with clear understanding of how brakes work. Thanks.

[@grzoo]

After 45 years you answer my question on how it works . It was very interesting video. thank you

[@mrpete222]

+Gr Zoo Thanks for watching

[@galfert]

The cutaway blew me away. That was incredible to see. Thank you soooo much.

[@mrpete222]

I'm glad u liked it, because the cutaways are very hard to make

[@Jonj57]

Absolutely amazing video, educational and interesting through and through

[@Skipperj]

Excellent sir, and I have been watching your channel for many years on and off. Thanks!

[@mrpete222]

👍👍

[@seansullivan50okc]

Very informative video. The cut away, helped me to envision, the mechanics of a coaster break, understanding how they work. Thank you, kindly, sir.

[@mrpete222]

👍

[@MrDfitch09]

This video needs more views ... Great work tubalcain !!

[@erlingweiseth2774]

Never had one of them apart to inspect before, but now I'm enlightened and know what to look for when people ask for help. Thanks again, for teaching us, mrpete! ;)

[@mrpete222]

+Erling Weiseth Thanks for watching

[@Chevyv8man1]

Hey Mr Pete, Thank you very much for doing this video. I'm 65 and never knew how this system worked but now I do. I never thought that it was this complicated (but easy) it you know what I mean. Again thank you. Later

[@valk066]

great video, I used to tear down and reassemble every part of my bikes as a kid except that mysterious rear coaster hub, 50 years of mystery solved in 15minutes lol

[@RosaStringWorks]

Thanks. Very interesting. I'm amazed those serations hold for power and braking in all the grease. Nice job.

[@mrpete222]

+Rosa String Works Me too. Thanks for watching.

[@ryantolentino5491]

Oh man. Best video ever!! Just like a father teaching his son. Awesome work! Keep it up. KZbin needs people like you! And now I know where to open my beer :)

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@pierresgarage2687]

Never needed to get one apart, happy you did, now it's obvious how it works, and so simple.... That cutaway mania is a great way to show the inner works.... ;)

[@mrpete222]

+pierre beaudry Thanks

[@PeterRabbit70]

I am 71, and I wanted to know how my brakes worked in 1957, on my bike. This is the perfect demo of how it is made, how they work, what pushes what. Thanks, Tubal! or, Mister Pete.

[@mrpete222]

👍👍👍

[@whitehedr]

Fabulous video. Your how things work at its finest. How anyone could give this one a thumb down is beyond me. I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

[@mrpete222]

+whitehedr Thanks-it was a hard one to make-I thought i'd get more views

[@1musicsearcher]

Now, how cool was that! I'm on the lookout for a bike set out for the trash to look for a different "style". Thanks for yet another informative instructional video.

[@kenwolfe6093]

That was very informative. The cut away really helps. The part I never really knew was the drive position of what I'll call the drive cone. Thanks for another great video Mr. Pete!

[@mrpete222]

+Ken Wolfe Thanks for watching

[@deemstyle]

I really enjoyed this one! That coaster brake is surprisingly elegant! Thanks for taking the time!

[@mrpete222]

+deemstyle Thanks for watching

[@RoerDaniel]

thank you!! i though i was learning about bicycle but now i gotta learn about something else.... Rockwell Hardness

[@craigbporter]

I do love this series of videos. I like all your videos, but there's something so satisfying about tearing something apart to see how it works, and I didn't have to get my hands all dirty. I also wanted to add your cut-a-way was excellent, at first I didn't think it was all that necessary, but after seeing it operate through the cut-a-way its function became absolutely crystal clear. Best wishes in the new year!

[@mrpete222]

+Craig Porter Thanks for watching

[@jaynegus4526]

This is by far my new favorite "how it works" video. I took one apart as a kid and remember all the grease inside and could not believe that mechanism could actually work as a brake with all that lube inside. You mentioned the hardness of the drum when you did the cut-away and you estimated it at being 60 Rockwell. New Departure is long gone now after being swallowed up by GM many years ago but two of their employees developed and patented a certain method/process that is known and used around the world today and will be far into the future - that being the Rockwell hardness test/scale co-developed by Hugh Rockwell and Stanley Rockwell while employed at New Departure in Bristol Connecticut.

[@mrpete222]

+Jayne Gus I also never understood the brake working in oil. Thanks-did not know about the Rockwells.

[@eddiekawecki2510]

AKA Cut-Way Pete- Great flash back for me to the 50's and early 60's. Remember them well and almost taking every bike I put together apart and back together. Biggest challenge was the 3 speed western auto English Racer hub which didn't have a brake in it. My favorite was the 2 speed Bendix that you would back pedal slightly to up shift and again to down shift but also had a coaster brake in it. Had to have the leather strap with reflector hub cleaner on all my bikes. Built one with a steering wheel in place of handle bars, one with one crank shorter on the left side for our circle track racing competition,(we had Cloverleaf Speedway right in our village of Valley View, Oh. so we had to race ! Also remember a lot of crashes and crushed gonads but never ever remember being bored. Happy New Year to you and all of your family- and keep them coming. Ed K. Still living in V.V. Oh. with never a reason to move.

[@treefiddy8811]

Thank you so much, I’ve been needing this video. This is the ONLY info I could find on the internet on how these worked and the cutaway was super helpful.

[@mrpete222]

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[@bendavanza]

Excellent visual learning tool! Thank you for taking the tie and effort to cut it open and enlighten us.

[@mrpete222]

+bendavanza Thanks for watcing

[@JeffreyVastine]

Great video Lyle! When I was a boy I often wondered how the coaster brake worked and oddly enough I never did take one completely apart even though I replaced the bearings, regreased the hub, and had tore down my bike several times for mods and repainting. Thanks for sharing!

[@mrpete222]

+Jeffrey Vastine Thanks for watching

[@rickyraus7915]

I loved the video AND the unexpected throwbacks. Tons of personality!

[@mrpete222]

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[@paulmanson253]

The college I attended in the seventies had some old copies of a magazine from 1899. The big deal then was the difference between 2 point and 3 point bearings. Instead of cone ball and cup the choice then was 2 points of contact with the ball or 3. Flat surfaces with intersecting planes.Three point being almost half again the price of a two point bicycle. Process machining has come a long way over the decades. From the commentary here the coaster brake was a contemporaneous design. Firearm and steam engine design reached a peak about then,and the automobile just was starting. And yet cutting with a radiused cutter then hardening the surface was something that had not reached the general public. The shop programs of high school were just being introduced,the sort of thing you taught. The period 1890-1925 went from horse,coal and coal oil to car,gasoline and electricity. Human ingenuity is endless,but that was a really remarkable generation. Would love to have seen how the factory handled machining then hardening those hubs. It must be very high quality steel. Great programs,keep it up. Cheers.

[@mrpete222]

+paul manson Thanks for watching

[@neuron2neuron]

Came here to learn how to put back together the backwheel of my kids bike. Now I know, thanks! The part with the cutaway was really informative and what made me get how it works. Well spent hour with the grinder!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@TeraAFK]

This was very helpful in understanding how the mechanism works. Thank you

[@mrfrog3350]

Good stuff Mr.Pete.We used to build a lot of our bike from parts we garbage picked.It seemed that most American manufactures used standardized parts.Except Schwinn! They had different tires,tubes.chains etc.No one seemed to ever throw them out. I know they were well built in Chicago and kind of expensive.I always(and still do)wanted one of the 5 speed Krate bikes.I think those are the coolest bikes EVER!! :)

[@rox2u]

that was a neat demo of an ever day item you never give much thought. it just worked. On a side note, I did take one apart that was on an old moped. The very first ones made in 1954 here in sweden. It was a bike with a motor on basically. That one had brass as break frictions. Not two half but a tube with cuts 75% of the way. Apart from that it had the same princip. I had one of those two speed kick shifter bikes. It seem you always was in wrong gear. Going uphill you had to break to get into low, that was a drag. They made a ticking sound, second gear ticked at an lower pace.

[@grizzlydan8]

thanks for another great "what makes it work" video. I used to disassemble the hub for cleaning and greasing. I remember the brake shoes but not the other components. Somehow I managed to get it all back together though.

[@mrpete222]

+dan andy Thanks for watcing

[@mad_scientist5597]

This is wonderful. I use a bike that is probably two to three times as old as I am to get around town faster and the freewheel it had initially snapped, so I had to find a replacement. Found a wheel with a coaster brake. They are sometimes called "torpedo" here. I initially clicked on this video to see how it all comes together cause it accidentally all fell apart on me, now I actually know how it works. That cutaway is great. I find it more enjoyable to ride a bike or use other devices if I know how it all works.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@gregdolecki8530]

This is great. My interest was piqued in coaster breakdom very recently by a visit to an Endodontist. The office is in the old (>100 YO) New Departure administrative building in Bristol CT where Harry Townsend patented a coaster brake in 1898. There are old pictures and advertisements on the walls in the entry way. I have always wondered how the brakes worked having used them as a kid. BTW, there are parks named for Page and Rockwell in Bristol. Its quite sad that New Departure is completely gone now. GM shut the most modern Bristol facility in the 90's. Much of the old buildings still stand and is a reminder of the once great manufacturing core in the USA.

[@omarelazamielhassani1651]

Thanks for your explanation, it answered a question that disturbed me for months. And i couldnt find it anywhere.

[@elvenisar]

Thanks for your sacrifice of actual hub...now I can completely understand how it work. Thank you

[@Don-co9zs]

brilliant, both to the inventors/engineers and to you for your inquisitiveness, determination and clear presentation.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks