Mor/ride tag axle

[96 Wideglide]

Went into mine today, and I'm not sure the drum brakes are self adjusting.

Repacked the bearings, and adjusted the brakes and holly s____

This thing will stop on a dime, ( big, big dime ).

Well worth the time!

[Nick-B]

I had to completely rebuild the hydraulic tag brakes on my Mor-Ryde/Dexter tag.

You don't say if you have hydraulic or electric brakes - they did both.

I had to replace everything except the drums and the actuator valve (good thing since it is not available) which ties the tag system to the chassis brakes. I replaced the entire brake assemblies, backing plate and all as the old parts were badly rusted and the wheel cylinders are a cast part of the backing plate (dumb!). All said I spent close to $1000 on the parts, doing all the labor myself, and the extra braking is very much welcomed.

[96 Wideglide]

These are hydraulic brakes. Everything was in good working condition, and judging by the lack of rust on the braking surface of the drums, I assume they probably were slightly working when I was hard on the brakes.
All they really needed was to be adjusted !

[loulong]

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Originally Posted by 96 Wideglide These are hydraulic brakes. Everything was in good working condition, and judging by the lack of rust on the braking surface of the drums, I assume they probably were slightly working when I was hard on the brakes. All they really needed was to be adjusted !

It can be pretty tricky getting the tag brakes adjusted to provide maximum braking in normal stops without causing them to be so effective that they lock the wheels in a real hard or panic stop. It's very easy to flat spot a tire when that happens.

You'll know the first time a traffic light suddenly changes and you have to make the decision to quickly stop or some jack-leg decides to cross your lane too near an exit ramp.