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TO don’t s e o h s e k a My br rum. d e h t t c a t con I put new shoes on 91 Club Car, adjusted as much as possible but the shoes don’t contact the drum. When I activate the brake lever at the bottom of the drum only the rear shoe expands but not enough to contact drum. The front shoe remains stationary. How is it supposed to work? • Remove rubber dust cover. This cart belongs to a friend and he said he hasn’t had brakes for a few months. Never parks on a hill and never follows to close. I looked at the shoes and they were almost to the metal so I put some new shoes on. Still won’t stop. I adjusted the upper adjuster all the way in (towards backing plate) and never got the shoes to contact the drum. I adjusted the cable equalizer to make sure there was enough slack to completely release the lower lever the cable is attached to but made sure it still fully activated the lever for maximum shoe expansion. When I fully engage the lower lever the shoe towards the rear of the wheel moves but only about 1/8” the front show doesn’t move at all. It seems something is not right in that lower shoe expansion set up but it doesn’t appear to be broken. • Turn adjustment bold counterclockwise approximately 5 clicks or until wheel turns freely. Replace rubber dust cover. • Turn the adjustment bolt clockwise until the wheel does not rotate freely. Use 7mm open end wrench or 8 pt. Socket or brake adjustment tool. Club Car part #1013582 • Repeat procedure for the other wheel. • Adjust brake cable for proper pedal free play. • If brakes drag or are difficult to adjust, refer to Cleaning Brake Mechanisms Brake Shoe Adjustment: • Do not adjust pedal play at the brake cable equalizer until adjustment has been made at each wheel. • Raise rear of car and support drive unit with jack-stands. • Loosen jam nuts on brake equalizer rod to provide slack in brake cables and allow Do you have a tip to share? Send it to us at brake levers to return to fully released position. [email protected] 48 WWW.GOLFCAROPTIONS.COM