One of my Haflingers failed its MOT (Government annual safety check) last week (brakes not balanced left & right), but with a bit of fiddling we got them to be "acceptable" and it passed. I was en-route to the MOT station with another Haflinger today when I had to pull over due to a strong smell; as soon as I got out I could see that the NSF brake was _very_ hot, and so I returned home, removed the _very_ hot brake drum, and have left it to cool down slowly. No damage seems to have occured to any of the components, so I will try to sort things out on Monday prior to taking back down for the MOT.
Which brings me on to my question: does anyone have any Top Tips for how best to adjust the brakes? Things like whether the rear shoe should be set to come on first (within each wheel), or whether the rear brakes should be set to come on first, etc etc etc. The adjusting nuts are SO sensitive that I struggle to get the Haflinger to brake smoothly, & without swerving left or right when pressure is applied. This is especially so on the front brakes, where there is so little weight over the front wheels. (Other than me, that is
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Any comments would be most welcome,
TIA