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Old 11-19-2012, 08:00 PM   #9
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Default Re: Brake centering tool

If you install Flat Head Ted's floater kit the front brakes will then automatically center. The rear brakes only half center. In addition to Flathead's floaters installed in the rear adjusters, he also provides what he calls "pins" that replace the rollers that slide on the roller tracks. For each rear wheel the pins are a pair that are a mirror image to each other. Instead of a roller there is a four sided eccentric with a 1\16" difference to each side. By selecting a given side you center the other half. You need a centering tool to accomplish this. Bratton sells one that will do the job. Page 156 in their catalog, part number 2695, $44.00.

According to some literature I have seen the centering of the original rear brakes is supposed to be accomplished by bending the roller tracks up or down.

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