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Coaster brakes: how do they work?
01/12/14 at 5:51pm
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Got a gently used Hotrock 12" for the 2.5 year old, and there is a ton of drag in the coaster brake. Spinning the wheel by hand, it pretty much comes to a stop as soon as you let go. I loosened up the right side cone until there was side to side play in the wheel, but the drag was still there. 
Is that amount of drag normal for a coaster brake? Or am I going to need to open it up to adjust it properly?
  
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Re: Coaster brakes: how do they work?
Reply #1 - 01/13/14 at 7:00pm
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Sounds like one of the shoes got stuck in the hub. Pretty easy to take apart, and you can re-grease while you're in there.
  
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Re: Coaster brakes: how do they work?
Reply #2 - 01/13/14 at 8:01pm
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Thanks! But seeing how fast he got it going down our street yesterday, I might leave it the way it is a few weeks until he gets a better handle on how his new bike works.
  
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