Reply To: Ransomes Motor Triple Brake Adjustment

[trusty220]

One thing we found when these were in everyday use was that the internal part of the caliper used to seize into the outer slide. The only remedy is to take the whole caliper off (it’s only held on with two bolts) and completely clean it and reassemble with a very thin smear of grease to stop it rusting. You can then use the big adjusting bolt to set up your 15 thou clearance in the safe knowledge that it isn’t only adjusting one side of the pads.

From your description it sounds like you’ve adjusted the caliper correctly but the slide isn’t returning and is binding on one side of the disc.