The angle is important. There should be an alignment arrow on the
lever. the shaft does not have splines where the gap in the lever
slides on. It is possible to get it on wrong with some inattention and
a spread out clamp, but I think you'd notice. Be sure the axle is
adjusted square or exactly
We will take this into consideration when we go to work on it. The 85
Nighthawk 650 is not chain driven, so I don't have any chain to worry about
adjusting. We didn't replace shoes as they were recently replaced by the
previous owner. I will check the placement of the brake arm and recheck
When you say Brake arm are you referriing to the strut type bar that
simply keeps the backing plate from rotating? If you did not remove
the arm that operates the internal cam that spreads the shoes, then
none of that is the culprit. Look underneath and be sure there is no
binding or conflict of
