Front brakes

[78550Detroit]

Towards the end of last summer I had tightened up all the spokes on my front wheel which took care of the shake I had up there. But after I did that it seems like the pads are rubbing on the brake rotor a little bit. Is it possible that my front rotor may be warped from riding when the front tire was wobbly cause of loose spokes? Where can I get a new rotor and brake pads from? This is on a 78 GS 550.

[Nessism]

Can't imaging how tweaking the spokes could upset your brake rotor unless you have some crazy uneven tension on some spokes which is distorting the hub (very unlikely).

For a rotor you are going to have to hit ebay. You should be able to find something pretty cheap but it's a gamble as to whether or not a used rotor is any better than the one you have. If you have access to a surface plate you could measure the runout on the rotor you have. The service manual details a check but in my experience it doesn't work. Only good way to check the rotor is to remove it and have it checked on a surface plate using a dial indicator. For brake pads, there are tons of places such as Z1 Enterprises. I have a nice rebuild caliper for the early 550's that comes with brake pads so let me know if you might be interested in going that way.

[Killer2600]

this is of no help but I am so glad they did away with spoke wheels/rims

[78550Detroit]

Thanks for the tips I'll look into that. I was also thinking that maybe the rotor can be turned at a bike shop. The bike rides the best it everhas since I bought it except for the rubbing on the brake rotor so I would like to get it fixed asap. I am severly slacking on getting on the road this year cause of the bad economy but would like to get out within a couple of weeks if I can make enough $ at work.Have to get insurance and tabs yet.