Jun 25, 2023 · I believe drum brakes were popular in Europe due to the advantages over rim brakes: better/more consistent performance in the wet, durability, and longevity. I've seen them mostly on …

The inside drum is for the parking brake. They learned a long time ago that calipers don’t do a good job as emergency brakes due to leverage and the fact it’s hard to mechanically compress calipers …

Drum brakes are designed with a different design philosophy than disc brakes. How do you provide braking power for an 80,000 pound vehicle, without destroying that braking device?

May 18, 2023 · Are drum brakes really that bad and how hard would it brakes to swap to disc? I'm looking at picking up my first project bike (1981 yamaha xs400) and it has drum brakes on it. …

Dec 5, 2021 · Drum brakes apply more braking force, this is an irrefutable fact. Drums however are also less consistent due to different forms of brake fade and they're harder to keep cool. Disk brakes …

Nearly all motorcycles that use rear drum brakes, the brake drum is an integral part of the rear wheel. Most of the time, the wheel should still last the life of the bike, but in some scenarios it is possible …

There’s an adjuster that looks like a gear above the lug in the 1 o’clock position. Turn that until the drum brakes retract inwards. Put your new shoes on, then adjust again. Go until you can’t turn the wheel …

Oct 24, 2021 · Do you see anything wrong? Drum wont fit back on. Adjuster down as far as possible and ebrake down all the way. Any ideas welcome to get this back together. : r/MechanicAdvice   …

While disc brakes are better is pretty much every way compared to drums, is it simply because drum brake technology seems to not have advanced past the 1960s?

Drum brakes are excellent for parking brake, and many modern cars utilize both systems, disc brakes for primary braking, and drum brakes for parking brake, often there is a drum brake nested inside the …