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i gave assembly instructions to a member. thought this might be made sticky in restoration. what do you think?

this is fairly easy. these are the parts identified

the main part is the brake arm assembly. it determines how the axle centers,so it is your side to side adjustment point.

in between the "ears" on these two pieces are where the brakes sit

lay the wheel flat with the large opening facing up, drop in the clutch with the "ears" facing up. make sure it is seated at the bottom

put all four shoes in the hub between the ears. make sure there is lots of grease in these parts to keep them from seizing. grease = cool

take the brake arm assembly, lift one side of the wheel, insert the opposite "ears", twist till they engage the brake shoes and drop in. dust cover against hub

now flip the wheel over and lay it down. take the bigger bearing, lay it bearings down in the hub

now take the sprocket and driver,install over axle, twist clockwise to engage clutch till it bottoms.

bearings down on the smaller bearing, install the race, run it in till everything is snug (finger tight), back it out 1/8th turn. put on the backup nut. this is done

Last edited by kegger (2010-10-24 8:09pm)

Benny1 · 2008-09-12 9:05pm

Perfect! GREAT visuals in your post. + infinity on the info

My mnemonic device for coaster bearings (and 1-pc crank bearings too) is "balls in!". As long as I always remember to say to myself Balls In, they work right. Just did a Bendix on a Tuff 1 rear yesterday - all 3 bearings are "balls in" (bearing race out).

All together now, "Balls IN!"

Pythagoras · 2008-09-12 9:29pm

You forgot to mention that some of the brake shoes are one way installation; you
need to make sure that the shallow taper goes against the clutch. If you happen to
do it backwards (speaking from experience) your coaster brake will stick.
Why not just leave the shoes out and convert it into a free coaster?
Nice information for coaster brakes.

saylor · 2008-09-12 10:09pm

now thats a pretty freaking handy guide

i just ran across some tuf 1s that need the ol once over.

thanks for the great post.

- Saylor

djd93306 · 2008-09-12 11:28pm

I think it should be, theres lots of posts on here that should be made stickys but for some reason theyre lagging on them.

hutchheaven · 2008-09-13 9:03am

I like it!

natty1972 · 2008-09-18 5:40pm

Great info here

manida · 2009-04-26 2:22pm

are the pics gone from this post??? I just found it and cant see anything

manida · 2009-04-27 7:21am

nevermind. I see the pics now. I couldnt on my home machine but can at work. Thanks!

manida · 2009-04-27 7:29am

I took my TuffI apart this weekend.....found a bunch of "stuff" floating around in there. Turns out I only have 2 of 4 brake shoes.....the others look like they have been chewed up, at least I assume thats what is left of the other shoes.

looks like Im kinda screwed

Elkaholic · 2010-06-08 8:51am

I know that this is an old post, but I used to take out 2 brake shoes out and it would freewheel, had a pretty good lag and no fun zzzzzzz sound, but it worked great for converting a coaster brake to a poor kids freewheel. I an not remember exactly how I did it and don't remember how much lag it did have, it's been 30+ years ago, but I ran it that way racing and riding it around until I broke my huffy frame on a flat landed jump.

bretto · 2010-08-07 7:49pm

Great post. Its just what I need to put this sucker back together. Had no idea before.

blitz · 2010-08-08 6:46pm

I vote to make this a stickey very helpful info here.

MotoMagMatt · 2010-08-08 7:03pm

Thanks for the info!!! Saving this thread...

butlerglc · 2010-08-08 8:12pm

Ya, as many of these hub I keep selling ,I'm glad someone posted this. Very helpful!

spitfire · 2010-08-12 10:42am

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dc1 · 2010-09-07 8:24pm

X Reference mark.

olschool4u · 2010-09-26 7:09pm

Thanks a million! I was dreading putting that sukr back together!

nasty is nate · 2010-10-13 7:42am

"Balls IN!"

Flatlandfox · 2010-10-13 7:51am

I love coaster brake threads... SHIMANO... almost exactly the same set-up, THANKS FOR THE INFO!!!!

Last edited by Flatlandfox (2010-10-13 7:52am)

kegger · 2010-10-24 8:11pm

pics are in here again, sorry, these are not as good as the first set, but they work fine

Haro-83 · 2010-10-24 8:19pm

gotta to bump me in i have a bendix coaster on way sometimes this week for my tuffwheel 1

teabeats · 2010-10-25 10:07am

everyone says mine came out pretty good take a look and tell me what you think, Earl http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=266207 more updates coming this afternoon(thanks for looking)

Last edited by teabeats (2010-12-12 11:40pm)

lpic · 2010-12-12 11:11pm

nice tutorial.

When assembling the brake pads inside the hub, does the inside of the hub/outside of brake pad surface need to be greased or is it ok to have dry metal-metal?

thanks

-lp

kegger · 2010-12-12 11:38pm

lots of grease in the hub and on the outside of the shoe
grease keeps the metal to metal contact from causing to much friction and making heat
(picture sparks inside your hub) just kidding
so grease = cool

Last edited by kegger (2010-12-12 11:40pm)

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