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« on: March 30, 2015, 05:55:01 PM »
I ran a gyro for more years than many of the folks on this board have been alive.
We need more information about the condition of your bike but assuming it's not a complete rusted pile of junk and the rear wheel is true, here is what I would do.
take off the cables and spray DW-40 very heavily into the cables. Let them drip onto the ground, outside or onto your carpet...
Let the cables dry and then use Tri-Flow or some other quality cable lube and lube them HEAVILY.
Take the brake arms off and clean the posts and arms well. Clean the springs too. Make sure to remember what spring goes on what side of the arm.
Take the brake pads off and throw them at your cat or into the garbage can.
Put a small amount of grease onto the brake posts and make sure the arms pivot well.
If your rim is chrome, get black pads. If it's not chrome, get clear pads.
Wipe off any excess lube from the cables and replace them.
Clean your rim with glass cleaner or something to remove any old gunk.
adjust the springs on your brake arms.
Put the new pads on.
Go do a fufuanu.
You'll need to adjust the gyro cables at the gyro so the gyro doesn't flop.
If that doesn't fix your braking issues, you could replace the cables. or just put on a strait cable....
If you have more questions, ask.