How to Change Honda Rancher Front Brakes

You can adjust the rear brakes by just turning the wing nuts on the end of the brake cable at the rear brake panel. Adjust until you get a full pedal. Then, make sure the rear brakes aren’t dragging by pushing the ATV while it’s in neutral. Make sure it rolls freely.

Locate the adjustment screws on the front brakes or the wing nuts on the back brakes. Adjust the brakes until they start to bind on the wheels, and then back them off slightly. Remove the ATV from the jacks and test the wheels move freely when the brakes are not applied.

1. Remove the front wheel.
2. Use pliers to remove the cotter pin in the center of the hub.
3. Use a 27mm socket to remove the axle nut in the center.
4. Remove the plug on the drum.
5. Spin the drum so that you can see the notched brake adjusters in the plug hole.

Steps to bleed ATV brakes:

1. Jack up the ATV.
2. Remove the brake fluid reservoir cap.
3. Clean the cap and rubber diaphragm thoroughly.
4. Top of the brake fluid up to the maximum level mark.
5. Pump the brake lever or foot pedal 3-4 times, depending on which brake system you are bleeding.
6. Open the bleeder valve.

How to do it:

1. Fill your oil squirt-can to the brim with new brake fluid and give it a few pumps until clear fluid squirts out of the hose.
2. Put your 8mm wrench on the bleed valve. Please do not open it yet.
3. Connect the hose to the bleed valve. Please make sure there are no air bubbles in the hose before you connect it.

Pour a small amount of brake fluid in the jar. Connect the tubing to the bleeder screw and put the other end in the jar. The fluid in the jar must cover the end of the tubing. Fill the reservoir full, crack the bleeder screw, pump the pedal a few times and go look to see if there is air in the tubing.

Reverse Bleeding Brakes injects fluid at the low points, the slave bleeder valves. Reverse Bleeding Brakes takes advantage of the “laws of Physics” air rises in fluid. The complete system is bled by forcing the air up and out the master cylinder reservoir.

Gravity is the simplest one-person brake bleeding method. Attach the hose to the bleed screw, open it up, and watch old brake fluid and air flow out of the lines like water through the Aqua Virgo aqueduct on the way to Rome. These inexpensive Bleed-O-Matic type setups work well.