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Just replaced the shoes for my rear brake and got the wheel installed back on the bike. After taking the bike off the jack, I noticed that the rear brake pedal had way too much range (~3 inches), so I just turned the adjustment bolt clockwise (in), which solved this problem. The range is now about 1 inch, which is what I want.
But, this has given way to another problem: now that I have turned the adjustment bolt in a good deal to fix the range of the pedal, this has changed the resting angle of the brake cam, so the brake shoes are now about 30% engaged when the pedal is at rest. Obviously don't want that.
I'm almost certain I correctly re-installed the brake cam onto the spline, as the punch marks on both are lined up. It seems that the two competing factors are 1) the range of the brake pedal and 2) the position of the brake shoes at rest, and I can't fix both of them, it's like an either/or situation. So I'm pretty lost on what to do.
But, this has given way to another problem: now that I have turned the adjustment bolt in a good deal to fix the range of the pedal, this has changed the resting angle of the brake cam, so the brake shoes are now about 30% engaged when the pedal is at rest. Obviously don't want that.
I'm almost certain I correctly re-installed the brake cam onto the spline, as the punch marks on both are lined up. It seems that the two competing factors are 1) the range of the brake pedal and 2) the position of the brake shoes at rest, and I can't fix both of them, it's like an either/or situation. So I'm pretty lost on what to do.