This is the brake. I have wrapped a rag around the spindle to keep from getting greasy. My rag covers up a large part of the magnet. The magnet is located at the bottom, (look at wires going to magnet). The magnet drags on the drum at all times (you hear the sound when the wheel turns). When you put on the brakes there is current sent to the magnet so that it will try to stick on the drum, that action pushes the brakes shoes out against the brake drum. That is what slows the wheel.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
The Brake
This is the brake. I have wrapped a rag around the spindle to keep from getting greasy. My rag covers up a large part of the magnet. The magnet is located at the bottom, (look at wires going to magnet). The magnet drags on the drum at all times (you hear the sound when the wheel turns). When you put on the brakes there is current sent to the magnet so that it will try to stick on the drum, that action pushes the brakes shoes out against the brake drum. That is what slows the wheel.
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