New Rear brake shoes - '94 R100GS

[56231]

Anybody in St. Louis MO area planning to do this fairly soon on a similar model bike (wire/rod activation of rear brakes) and willing to have an adult male observer/helper???

I am mechanically OK but hate to do something new without having seen it done once (at least).

I promise to keep quiet and not touch anything until you request so.

Ed
macsfriended@hotmail.com

[WooDmEn]

It's not difficult. Remove the rear wheel. Remove the springs on the brake-shoes, taking care to mark which is which (sometimes, one is smaller than the other). Remove shoes. Clean the backing plate assembly with spray brake cleaner. Remove the cam-rod (the shaft that connects the brake-cam to the external lever) taking care to note the location of any washers. Clean the shaft, and grease, using SMALL amounts of high-temp grease (just wipe some grease on the shaft). Clean the brake-drum with spray brake-cleaner. You might wanna feel of it, to see if it needs to be resurfaced. A machine shop can resurface it with a milling machine, without dismounting the tire. Tell them to take off the BARE MINUMUM of metal! In any event, scuff up the surfce with fine-grit (400 or finer) emery paper, re-clean. Re-install everything in reverse order. Break in the new brake shoes with gentle use for the first 50 miles or so, and then give them 10-20 second bursts of harder braking, under power, to finally seat them. They will give improved braking performance over the first 100 miles. Don't hammer them when they are brand-new; they will glaze over.

[mwoods]

Anybody in St. Louis MO area planning to do this fairly soon on a similar model bike (wire/rod activation of rear brakes) and willing to have an adult male observer/helper???

I am mechanically OK but hate to do something new without having seen it done once (at least).

I promise to keep quiet and not touch anything until you request so.

Ed
macsfriended@hotmail.com

You wore out a set of rear shoes on a GS? WOW! At 99K miles, mine are getting thin, but are still serviceable.

[WooDmEn]

You wore out a set of rear shoes on a GS? WOW! At 99K miles, mine are getting thin, but are still serviceable.

They don't wear out, so much as they get old and hard, and won't stop anything.