Front wheel locked up -- Brakes?

[zathros]

Great!!, It something you won't do again. We all make mistakes like that. I do anyway. Not as much as I used to but I am a lot older now.

[Nessism]

The fact that both calapers are draging I would check the master. If you disconnect the line from the master will the wheel turn ?? . No ? Get a spray can of brake clean, spray the calapers down good. Pry them apart, big screwdriver works great. pump the master, spray cleaner, pry apart. Do it several times should get rid of whatever gunk is binding the calapers.
Any thing else, time for calaper rebuild

No disrespect Lynn, but what you advocate will just move the crud inside the caliper out of the way. The piston may start to work properly for a while, but that crud is still inside and likely to surface again.

A better solution is to do a tear down and clean out everything properly.

[Billy Ricks]

I had a feeling it was a bearing(s) binding. What you described was classic symptoms. You shouldn't have done any damage since you didn't ride it that way.

[GooberPea]

GRRRRR

OK. I just broke off one of the bolt like things at the bottom of the outer fork tube. Guess I will be posting in parts wanted forum. I was buttoning everything up and rechecking all my torques. Guess I will also be returning my new torque wrench.

If anyone has one for sale/trade/free please PM. It's the left (clutch lever side) tube if it makes a difference.

Thanks for the words about admitting my embarrassing mistake. I have been frustrated by threads that end with no solution which is why I did it. I'm sure I'm probably not the only one who will ever do what I did. Plus, its only fair to provide a solution given how many I've received.

[zathros]

If your talking about the studs at the bottom of the fork, they come out. Drill and use a reverse helix bit like they sell at Sears.

[GooberPea]

If your talking about the studs at the bottom of the fork, they come out. Drill and use a reverse helix bit like they sell at Sears.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. I never would've guessed it came out. Guess I'll be stopping by Sears tomorrow. Thanks! Can I just pick up a new stud at the hardware store? Is it a certain "grade" or hardness or anything that I need to look for?

I just love these forums. I was about to go to bed all depressed

[BassCliff]

Foolish me. I found the issue

I had put the axle spacers on backwards. The diagram I have seems ambiguous to me. Turns out I picked the wrong way. Anyway, now that they are on correctly, I can tighten the axle nut without squeezing the forks. Hope I didn't screw anything up permanently

Hi Mr. GooberPea,

I did this the first time I took off my front wheel. I got a spacer in the wrong spot, or backwards, or something. I noticed it right away before I started riding it. I could tell the forks were binding up. I couldn't get my caliper reinstalled.

I devise all sorts of things to help me put stuff back together properly. I'll use a sheet of paper, draw a rough diagram, and poke all of the bolts and screws through in the proper place. I'll put a string through nuts, washers, and spacers, etc, to keep them in order. It stinks getting old. The memory is the first thing to go. I forget what the second thing is.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[GooberPea]

Duh. I see it on the schematic now.

I'll order a couple new ones from the bikebandit or somewhere. I just really had no idea they came off so I didn't bother to look.

Everyone on the forums here deserves a round of applause.

Craig

[Steve]

It stinks getting old. The memory is the first thing to go. I forget what the second thing is.

I have always heard that the memory was the second thing to go.

Of course, I can't remember what the first thing is.

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