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Offline BSAA10

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Rear brake
« on: 02.08. 2025 06:27 »
Hi
I have a 1960 A10 with Rocket Goldstar rear hub. When the bike is on the center stand and I spin the rear wheel and apply the brake the wheel stops as it should. But the wheel can still moves back and forth about 10 millimeters while the brake is still engaged. Is this correct?
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Re: Rear brake
« Reply #1 on: 02.08. 2025 08:35 »
Presuming that the splined driving flange is properly attached to the brake drum the issue is likely wear between the splines on it and the splines on the QD wheel hub.

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Re: Rear brake
« Reply #2 on: 02.08. 2025 10:00 »
Or check the hub rivetts for looseness. I had mine welded which is a permanent fix. Lose rivetts is quite a common occurance

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Re: Rear brake
« Reply #3 on: 02.08. 2025 17:49 »
 As Julian said, the drive flange is bolted to the brake drum, so this is a good place to start. Bolts tight, tab washer strips in place. Replacement drive flanges are available, and a new one will reduce the slack in the drive. All depends on the amount of wear on the splined wheel hub, which unless you can find a better example is what you are stuck with.  A new hub washer rubber 67 6051 will also damp out the clunk, most are oil soaked spongy excuses for the real thing, like on my bike.

 Swarfy.

 Additional. Those rivets..... I have seen hubs with nuts and bolts in place of rivets, so either a common backyard fix way back when or a dealer mod. With a bare hub the rivet holes can be plug welded  to the centre tube. The join of the two outer crinkles can also be V'eed out and another bead of weld added to give a good strong bond to the three components. It's a p** poor design in the first place, a lot of changing  loads on a small area  (but good enough for the cost accountants).

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Re: Rear brake
« Reply #4 on: 02.08. 2025 23:56 »
I have had to replace the hub rivets in two bikes.