Brake assembly help!!!!!!!!!

The serial number has nothing to do with the type of brake cable your bike uses. In most cases they are the standard brake cables with the dot end. A way to see what is needed is to take a cable off the brake handle. There are 2 major kinds. A barrel end and a dot end. Some packages come with both ends on a cable, just cut the end you don't need off and install the new cable. These are a bit more than the single end cable. A single end cable can be purchased at any bike shop, on the internet, at ebay for instance. Even Walmart is carrying them now. I would take your old cable into the local bike shop, the clerk or service person can assist you in finding the right cable

It's a Huffy. 'Nuff said.

Manuals here - http://www.huffy.com/Support/OwnersManuals.aspx

If the cable isn't passing freely inside the cable housing it won't relax brake pressure when the lever is released.

http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/linear-pull-brake-service-v-brake-type

ONE AT A TIME, loosen the nuts securing the training wheels to the rear axle and slide each one upward a little bit so it float a little bit off the ground when the bike is vertical, then retighten the nut.

As she develops her handling and balance skills she'll need less help from the training wheel. So you can gradually raise them a bit higher as she masters balance and then she'll develop the 'lean' for turning. Ultimately, you remove them entirely.

I hope she's wearing a properly-fitted helmet.

http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/bike/easystepsweb/index.htm

Please go to my tips and tricks page. There are links to the on-line assembly instructions for Huffy and detailed owners manual for your bike. Plenty of pictures, diagrams, tool lists and more. Huffy has a good site to help you out.

Huffy's general manual addresses only how to adjust brakes that have already been assembled (under the heading on page 20 it states "Adjustments". I noticed this problem and it took me a while to realize the single sheet of paper that came with the bike (not part of original manual), that acts as an addendum. It's called "Brake Cable to Brake Lever Assembly Instructions." Why this section hasn't been incorporated into the manual is beyond me.

Go to www.huffy.com they may a diagram for bike if not you can customer service @ 800 872-2453

The cable has a stop on it that threads thru the lever housing. It also usually has an external threaded nut for adjustment. You need to start the adjustment process by screwing the "nut" all the way against the housing. Then you move to the "caliper" itself. The cable is held in place by a compression nut. Pinch the caliper with your hand until it is almost touching the rim and then tighten the pinch bolt. You can then fine tune the adjustment by using the nut next to the lever housing. As you screw that nut out the brake pads will move in towards the rim and vice versa...hope this helps!

Sounds like the valve stem you may need a tube if you bought it new or recently new take it back??Hope this helps?

I'm guessing this bike has a rear coaster brake. I really don't suggest overhauling a coaster brake hub and it is unlikely a diagram for your huffy exist but here is a link to a general coaster brake hub diagram. It should be very similar to what you are working on.

http://www.wtlw.net/ff/suntour/

Hope this helps!

The bikes are pre-assembled by a machine that overtightens the rear axle.  I had the same problem with my daugher's 12 inch huffy princess bike and my other duaghter's 16 inch Schwinn bike.  If you loosen the nuts on the back axle it fixes the problem.  I have read that the idea thing for these bike is to have them re-assembled and re-lubricated by a bike shop, but I thought this might cost as much as I paid for the bike.