97 Xpress 300 - Rear Brake Adjustment

Nandy · Feb 25, 2010

I bought this 4wheeler a couple of days ago. The front brakes do stop the unit althougth not to fast. It takes a bit much more to stop the atv than what I would like. The rear brake is pretty much useless. I can see pad left but not being familiar with atv pads im not sure if it is enough. Also the level travels quite a bit before the brake actuates. Is there an adjustment I can make? There is a bolt in the caliper but im not sure. Here is a pic of it.

Thanks!

blueline15 · Feb 26, 2010

is that a hydraulic or cable brake...looks hydraulic from the pic but i know they used cables back in the day too

Nandy · Feb 26, 2010

Hydraulic. Sorry, I should had added that.

blueline15 · Feb 26, 2010

aww, thats okay. its the little details you dont think of...i understand. i would start with a good break bleed first, see if that takes care of the issue. otherwise you may have a bad rear master cylinder piston and seal

Nandy · Feb 28, 2010

I did adjust the screw on the caliper and got it much better. I did bleed the front first then when I went to bleed the back the bleeding bolt was frozen bad and I could not tell that it was not moving until it broke. So no bleeding the rear brake and hopefully I wont need to in the close future as now I have no way to do it.

97 Xpress 300 - Rear Brake Adjustment

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