How to adjust brakes for mongoose girder

Two places for adjustment. First is at the end of the brake lever. This is the minor adjustment. The second is the major adjustment, its located at the brake. For this one, you'll need some tools. The cable need to be loosened, then with a pliers the slack in the cable is removed and the bolt is retightened. You may want to take it to a bike shop for this repair.

Try adjusting the cable by either turning the barrel adjusters, or simply loosen the screw that holds the cable to the brake and move it to make it tighter. Make sure your brake pads are making good contact on the wheel rim.

Drum brakes are self adjusting. Every time you put on the brakes while backing up, they tighten. If you just replaced the shoes, just do this a bunch of times and they will tighter themselves

There is an adjustment under the vehicle in the E brake cable. Before this is adjusted the rear brakes should be adjusted to take out the slack in the wheel cylinders, which normally the auto-adjusters take care of but you want to make sure they are working and brakes are set properly.

If you look under the van on the driver side (usually) you'll see where the two cables from the rear inter-connect with the main cord to the front. Here, you should find an adjustable bolt that you can tighten. If it is not here, it may need to be tightened from there rear tires.

If you have drum brakes in the rear, these are most likely "self-adjusting" brakes, which may interact with the emergency brake. Everytime you back up, and apply the brakes, you are activating the self adjuster (you would have seen this located at the bottom of the brake system between the two brake pads. This is the self adjuster. Try going in reverse at about 5 miles per hour, and hitting the brakes firmly (not slamming on them). Drive forward again, and firmly press the brakes. Go in reverse again, and apply brakes firmly again; (do this about 4 or 5 times to get the rear brakes adjusted). Try the emergency brake again and if still not tighter, purchase or look in your repair manual as to how to adjust the emergency brake.

Please let me know if you need further assistance.

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this should be a drum brake system on the rear. to adjust the parking brake, adjust the rear shoes through the baking plate to adjust your rear brakes. this will give you a more responsive pedal and a tighter parking brake. if you need a diagram, email me at [email protected]

Here is the perfect site for you:http://www.bikeguide.org/how-to/brakes/brakes.php They're called gyro brakes by the way.

The brakes should have a label on them so you can find their website. Most of the good manufacturers have directions on their sites for adjusting their products. The bike I looked at had V brakes. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/canti-direct.html is the site to look at. Great pictures and good explanations.

undew the screew at the back of the breakes and turn them round slightly so the wheel in midlde then tighten back up should stay in midle then just not put on straight thats all mate

One side of a center-pull brake can be adjusted by tightening or loosening the cable itself (the side with a screw holding the cable in place)
The other side will have a small screw to adjust the tension on the spring.
Sounds like you need to adjust your spring tension screw.

Give it a full (360-degree) rotation and work the brakes a few times. If the problem is worse, then you need to adjust it the other way. If it's getting better, then you're getting closer.
Make several small adjustments, and work the brakes a few times after each one, and you should be all set.