Water In The Drum

[redneck250es]

Anyone have any tips on sealing my drum from water?
Ive used black silicone and it still leaks.

I cant go 10min on my trike with rear brakes

[Studytime]

Have you checked the seal that fits around your axle? It might be sealing poorly.


Studytime

[ATC crazy]

Thats why I got a Disk brake conversion for my 'wheeler

I've tried everything as well to seal up drums and I have found no luck. I would replace the o-ring and then try some more silicon on it.

[MTS]

Thats why I got a Disk brake conversion for my 'wheeler

I've tried everything as well to seal up drums and I have found no luck. I would replace the o-ring and then try some more silicon on it.

cept the disk isnt much better in the mud

[TimSr]

Anyone have any tips on sealing my drum from water?
Ive used black silicone and it still leaks.

I cant go 10min on my trike with rear brakes

Ive never found anything that keeps water out of the drums, but the factory seals do a great job of keeping it in there. Especially if you are like us, where every outing includes a few creek crossings. My suggestion is drill a hole in the bottom of the housing so that it can get back out. If the idea makes you uneasy, you can put a fitting on it, and run a tube with a removeable plug, but you have to grind it down flush on the inside. On my last all weather rear drum setup, a TRX250, I drilled a 3/8" hole on the very bottom and left it open, and never had a rear brake problem again. The fronts were another matter........

[redneck250es]

"drill a hole in the bottom of the housing so that it can get back out"
That sound like a good idea