The rear brake on my piaggio typhoon 125 is not as strong and there is alot of free play on the left brake lever. Im guessing it needs new brake shoes as it is a drum brake. I tried tightening the cable underneath the kick start casing but that doesnt seem to work.
Is there any sites to show how to change or inspect brake shoes or can someone tell me simply how to do it as im a newbie with typhoon bikes.|||contact me through my avatar..ive a site you can download a manual for free,but im not listing it on here.|||well really not much to them should be able to go buy new brake shoes or pads from dealer if you cant adjust it any more then good bet they gone jack it up and remove wheel or brakes pretty much it just take it apart and replace shoe and put it back like you remove it|||Your best bet is to splash out and buy the piaggio/ haynes owners manual (about 拢20) for that particular model, as some information on the net may not be relevant to your bike.|||You have to remove the wheel to be able to remove the brake shoe carrier from the drum. You can then see the wear material on the shoes.
It may be that the cable has stretched and could need replacement.
There may be an adjuster on the end where it goes onto the lever on the brake drum ( at the wheel).
Some play is necessary - no play on a bike/scooter means that the brake can apply when going over a bump and some movement needs to happen firstly putting on the brake light switch just before applying the brake.
Whatever you do ensure proper operation of the brake light as a smack from the rear could have very serious consequences.
Good luck
