Rear Brakes

[HDB0B]

Please remember that 2014+ have linked brakes .... braking with the rears also does 2 pistons on each side of the front calipers. Front brake does the other 4 on each side. Locking up the rears is also applying front braking at the same time. Pre 2014 do have a poorly designed parking brake. 2014+ is pretty easy to keep the parking brake adjusted. The cable does get a lot of stretch in it as well when new.

Thanks for the info .... I will now pay more attention to keeping the parking brake adjusted to hold on the 4th click down.

Bob

[Jack Klarich]

I wonder why harley just doen't go to an electric e-brake. New cars have them they're right in the caliper and work well. Nice part all it needs is a switch.

IMO more electrical issues and problems too riders in rain, snow and salt

Ford and GM plus some foreign builders decided to use a small internal{ under the hat area of the rear rotors} drum brake shoe set for parking brakes. This IMO was a cheap FAILED design. It almost always led to crumbled shoes and broken hardware in side the rotor. My best guess is from the internal heat and corrosion, What I hated was changing the shoes, pretty hard job even with the right tools { there were NO right tools, we winged it with LOS of foul words} JMO bad JU JU They may never get this 1 right, too much R and D involved, someone will lose their life, Lets hope not

I cant help the doom and gloom, sorry

[DK Custom Products]

Least some newbie to the wild and wacky world of Bikes/Trikes Reading about locking up brakes the truth is...........

Locking up the rear brakes is never a good idea...

Just saying....

True that....I was just doing a test on a road that had no traffic. I would not recommend ever locking up the rear tires. You get the most stopping power when your tires are right before the point of losing traction.

Kevin

[Sidecarbill]

Jack what I had in mind was the vw style, the motors piggyback on the caliper. Simple design compact and uses the existing brake pads. As far as corrosion shouldn't be any worse than a car.

[MB1953]

I found out by accident how little effort it took to lock up the rears on my '14, and my '17 stops just as quickly! First time I did it, I was looking in my mirrors to see who was behind me in a cage locking their brakes... then I realized it was me squealing the tires! Enough to require a shorts change!

[Jack Klarich]

Jack what I had in mind was the vw style, the motors piggyback on the caliper. Simple design compact and uses the existing brake pads. As far as corrosion shouldn't be any worse than a car.

I remember them, We could not find a good source for the parts, Ohio Caliper was our supplier, We had TOO many problems with them. The dealers had us handcuffed, we had to pass this on to our customers. It is a good but hard to work om brake IMO