Maintenance / Care; Coaster Brake - SRAM T3 Technical Documentation Manual

M a int e na nc e / C a r e
Caution:
• B r ak e p ad s r e s p . c y lind e r s ,
b r ak e c ab le s , s h ifting c ab le s ,
h and le b ar g r ip s , s p r oc k e ts
and b ic y c le c h ains ar e
w e ar ing p ar ts . Contr ol th is
p ar ts r e g ular ly and r e p lac e in
tim e .
• If th e c oas te r b r ak e is load e d
e x c e s s iv e ly its e ffe c t c an b e
too s tr ong , th e h ub m ay loc k .
In s uc h a c as e th e b r ak e s h e ll
s h ould b e lub r ic ate d w ith a
s p e c ial g r e as e (th is s h ould b e
d one b y a p r ofe s s ional only ).
• D o not us e h ig h - p r e s s ur e
w ate r w h e n c le aning th e g e ar
h ub (e .g . s tr ong w ate r je ts ,
h ig h - p r e s s ur e c le ane r s e tc .) –
if w ate r p e ne tr ate s it c ould
le ad to func tional p r ob le m s .
• D o n o t u s e s o lv an ts o r c o r r o s iv e
m ater ials to c lean th e c o m p o -
n en ts .
• W h en u s in g th e b ik e d u r in g th e
w in ter m o r e fr eq u en t c lean in g
is n ec es s ar y to p r ev en t d am age
c au s ed b y d e- ic in g s alt.
• C lean d ir ty c h ain s b efo r e
o ilin g. D o n o t u s e an y gr eas e-
d is s o lv in g o r ac id ic agen ts .
C lean in g agen t m u s t b e r in s ed
o ff after a few m in u tes w ith
w ater. A p p ly o il after c h ain is
c o m p letely d r ied .
C o a ste r b r a k e
Im p r o v ed b r ak in g in th ir d gear.
F eatu r e:
W h en b r ak in g in th ir d gear, th e
in d ic ato r c h ain m o v es o u t o f th e
D eflec tio n p u lley b y ap p r o x . o n e
c h ain lin k – after b r ak in g, th e
in d ic ato r c h ain r etu r n s im m ed iately
to its n o r m al p o s itio n .