So my buddy with a triglide also has a sportster for his grown kids to ride when they visit every winter. His kid was down a while back and completely lost the brake rod from a custom forward control setup.
So I go over and look at this girls bike to see what I could do for him. Could not find a makers name on any of it. The brake pedal was rattling all over the place on its shot bushings. The linkage did fit into what appeared to be originally 1/4 inch holes, but these are pretty wallowed out. Looked like a combination of problems of loose brake assembly killing what ever linkage was there before.
Simple fix really and should be pretty bullet proof. Order a chunk of bearing bronze off eBay, cut a couple new bushings to fit on the worn parts. Nice tight fit.
Then I ordered a couple of hiem joints and whipped up a rod for them.
So I go over and look at this girls bike to see what I could do for him. Could not find a makers name on any of it. The brake pedal was rattling all over the place on its shot bushings. The linkage did fit into what appeared to be originally 1/4 inch holes, but these are pretty wallowed out. Looked like a combination of problems of loose brake assembly killing what ever linkage was there before.
Simple fix really and should be pretty bullet proof. Order a chunk of bearing bronze off eBay, cut a couple new bushings to fit on the worn parts. Nice tight fit.
Then I ordered a couple of hiem joints and whipped up a rod for them.