D7-3T brake band help

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I have a question on removing the brake band on the D7-3T. I am going to replace brake liners, I need to remove brake bands, is thier a trick to removing the the pin that holds it or do I have to remove the whole anchor plate to get it off?? I got the band loose. How does it come out?? Do I have to remove fuel tank or do i split the band apart?? Help How??

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Fri, May 17, 2013 11:11 PM

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I used to lean the tank forward and tie it off to the air cleaner. Then remove the large top plate, disconnect linkage, remove pins and then rotate band until I was able to remove bolts that held the band together, remove that section and then rotate the other direction and remove the remaining bolts that held the last 2 sections together. You reinstall in the same way.....reverse order.

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Sat, May 18, 2013 2:25 AM

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I used to lean the tank forward and tie it off to the air cleaner. Then remove the large top plate, disconnect linkage, remove pins and then rotate band until I was able to remove bolts that held the band together, remove that section and then rotate the other direction and remove the remaining bolts that held the last 2 sections together. You reinstall in the same way.....reverse order.

Thanks Ol 3T Lover , i got it it worked fine that way. Now to figure out how to rivet new brake lining on!!

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Sat, May 18, 2013 2:52 AM

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Thanks Ol 3T Lover , i got it it worked fine that way. Now to figure out how to rivet new brake lining on!!

Use an old time rivet machine......probably can't find one handy or close by these days.

Put a rod about the size of the head of the rivet in the vise, place rivet over rod, use a very blunt punch to start the spreading of the rivet on the other side, use a bolt to complete the bradding, ....just don't over do the bradding/flattening of the rivet.

You may find having 4 hands is very helpful.

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Sat, May 18, 2013 3:46 AM

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