Brake Question

[Guest]

I pulled the front tire off this morning to replace the speedo cable. All went fine. Took the bike around the block. Pumped the front brakes until they were firm and they are now rubbing on the rotor. Not enough to cause any drag on the bike, just enough to hear and make some new grinds on the edge of the rotor. Is this normal? Are the pads just "reseting" after I moved the wheel or are there some fine adjustments I need to make? I worked with tighetening and loosening the axle nut and tapping the forks to move them around. Didn't make a difference.

[Steve]

If you did not get the spacers in the correct places, your disks may be rubbing on the calipers. You should be able to see that by just looking at them.

My question to you, though, is: why did you remove the tire (wheel?) to change the speedo cable? Just unscrew it at both ends and swap it out.

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[Good Times]

I couldn't get to the cable end to unscrew it. It was an aftermarket cable and had a really small diameter and was right up against the fork. Didnt know I culd rotate the speed sensor until after I got the wheel off. This is all new to me. I'll go ahead and reveal my true "newbness". I took the caliper off and realized that when I put the wheel back on I got the rotor between the inside brake pad and the caliper instead of between the calipers. So yeah. It was rubbing a little.

I fixed that. Loosened the calipers. Had my wife hold the front brakes tight after pumping them back up while I torqued the calipers back down. Perf. Smooth as silk.

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Sometimes being a motorcycle mechanic is an adventure.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[Rover]

I'd try bleeding them,to rule that out.