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Old 18th March 2021, 09:17   #6
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Originally Posted by kelvo View Post
May be worth taking the brake disc off again and having a look inside the drum. I know with my old ZT I had a similar problem after it was serviced and when I looked inside some of the lining had broken up and was catching where it had overheated.

I would also check how the handbrake has been 'adjusted', again I know from experience they do have to be set up with the cable and the cams correct, particularly if it's been adjusted to compensate for a stretched compensator where I had similar problems of being able to adjust so it would hold on the handbrake but not overheat (prior to my knowledge of the compensator and fitted a modded one)
Agree with the above, on a slightly different approach, are you sure its the handbrake and not the footbrake? calipers are known to stick?
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