Chariot Carriers Babya Carrier manual Adjusting the Brakes Poor Braking

1.9 CX Drum Brakes (continued)

Parking Brake Adjusting the Brakes - Uneven Braking

To ensure the carrier remains stationary when parked, the CX carrier uses its drum brakes as a parking brake. To activate the CX parking brake, squeeze the hand lever as tight as you can (pull the lever towards the handlebars). While the lever is fully squeezed push down the locking button. Test for adequate parking brake activation by pushing the carrier. There is nothing wrong if the wheels slowly turn as you push, but as soon as you release the carrier from your grip the brakes should clearly exert sufficient resistance to stop the carrier from rolling. Check that this is the case both for- wards and backwards. DO NOT USE THE CARRIER and refer to the “Adjusting the Brakes - Poor Braking” section if the carrier rolls when released.

If one wheel is braking much stronger then the other, an adjustment will be needed. Minor differences in braking power between the two wheels is acceptable. If the left brake is stronger than the right, adjust the right brake so that it brakes as well as the left. Perform the opposite adjustment if the right brake is stronger than the left. To tighten a brake, follow these steps.

Adjustment 1: Turn the round cable guide counter-clockwise so that the distance between the guide and the brake increases. Perform this operation with the wheel installed on the carrier. If the wheel is diffi- cult to install on or off the carrier, or if you can hear the brake pads rubbing inside the hub on the wheel, you will need to turn the cable guide clockwise slightly to loosen the brake. Once you are satisfied with the brak- ing, turn the small nut clockwise so that the nut is secured to the brake. The nut will pre- vent the cable guide from loosening during use.

Adjusting the Brakes - Poor Braking

After repeated use, the brakes will need to be adjusted on account of cable stretch and brake pad wear. If the left and right sides are breaking evenly but not as effectively as required, an adjustment needs to be per- formed. First you need to locate the cable guide inside the rear storage pouch located behind the seat.

Adjustment 1: Turn this guide counter clockwise threading the guide out of the black casing. This adjustment should improve the braking on both pads.

Make this adjustment with the wheels on the carrier. If you can hear the brake pads rubbing inside the hub on the wheel you will need to turn the cable guide clockwise to loosen the brake slightly. Once you are sat- isfied with the braking, turn the nut clock- wise so that the nut is secured to the black casing. The nut will prevent the cable guide from loosening. The cable guide will fall out of the black casing if it is threaded out too far. In this event, thread it back in a few rotations and proceed to “Adjustment 2”.

Adjustment 2: There is another cable guide that can be adjusted on the hand lever. Turn this guide counter-clockwise also to increase the brakes effectiveness further. Once adjusted be sure to tighten the small nut as described in “Adjustment 1”. This cable guide is also restricted in the amount of adjustment. When the majority of the guide has been threaded out proceed to “Adjustment 3”.

Adjustment 3: Once no additional adjust- ments can be made to cable guides on the black casing or the hand lever, adjustments can be made to the individual brakes them- selves. Follow the explanation in “Adjusting the Brakes - Uneven Braking” above, how- ever perform the same number of turns to each side to keep the braking equal.

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