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Just got a 1986 model thats in good shape aside from a few odds and ends. One thing is the rear brake handle is super sloppy, the cable sheathing hangs out of the brake adjuster on the handle bar, and the lever does not spring back. On the rear, the adjuster wing nuts are maxed out, and there is some sort of spring that seems to be smushed tight too. NO adjustment left. However, the part that the wing nuts are on IS springy and returns...so my issue is totally in the adjustment of the brake cables, but I am not sure what I need to correct it or how the adjusters work.
TO better illustrate my point:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/86-HONDA-FO...ash=item5d51b449f5:g:Ir8AAOSwGWNUXRK5&vxp=mtr
This spring shown here is what is compressed completely down with a nut on the back of the cable, and teh wingnuts are as 'IN" as far as they will go, and the brake lever adjuster on the handlebar is OUT as far as it will go and I can still easily pull the cable sheathing out of the lever with a handle 1/4" of play.
What needs to be adjusted or replaced here?
Any tips?
TO better illustrate my point:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/86-HONDA-FO...ash=item5d51b449f5:g:Ir8AAOSwGWNUXRK5&vxp=mtr
This spring shown here is what is compressed completely down with a nut on the back of the cable, and teh wingnuts are as 'IN" as far as they will go, and the brake lever adjuster on the handlebar is OUT as far as it will go and I can still easily pull the cable sheathing out of the lever with a handle 1/4" of play.
What needs to be adjusted or replaced here?
Any tips?