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Message: <blockquote data-quote="machiasmort" data-source="post: 203589" data-attributes="member: 5491">Hey LP,Funny enough, I did my first coaster brake today...  Was sent to this site looking for help by Google and to your post.  That spring thats in there, helps kick the two drum pads away from the clutch when you release pressure from the brake and when you start pedaling, the clutch engages the other side of the hub to lock it up so that the gear spins the rim. When your in freewheel mode with the rear coaster, that clutch kind of sits idle (between power and brake), or in your case the spring didn't totally disengage it from braking mode.  Try stretching that spring a little if you still have it to make it kick back a little harder!  I bet thats whizzers secret!Did you turn that thing into a freewheel without the brake?  Did you use the washer idea from that previously mentioned post?  Did it work???</blockquote>

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