Rear Caliper and Tire Spacing

[Guest]

So I got splined with my GS650 and replaced the rear wheel joint hub. Now with the wheel assembly back together, I attempted to put in new rear break pads as well. However, the right most pad would not fit even though the cylinder seemed like it was fully depressed (I used a wood shim to press it down with the bleeder valve slightly open).

On a closer look, the alignment of the caliper to rotor seems to be way closer to the right side which may be why the break pads were not fitting.

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Here is a picture of the different spacers. They don't appear backwards but perhaps?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yZlMpCOXE0VacrehVyFVpATe1mJlHLhL/view?usp=sharing

Also is having a bit of the shaft sitting proud the normal position?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vQsvhwHHov4fd77vJi2DaBJTatDPFSxD/view?usp=sharing

Any suggestions before I blindly go tearing the wheel off again would be appreciated! Thanks.

[tom203]

Are you sure the inner spacer (between caliper bracket and wheel bearing) is seating correctly? His mine setup
Bike is is buried in garage, so hard to get good pic.


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[tom203]

The outer spacer seems fine on yours, here's mine....note axle slot / axle endimage.jpg

[Grinbeard]

The inner spacer seems fine. The larger flare is pointed toward the caliper bracket which seems correct. My clymer's diagram is a little hard to tell what the correct orientation is.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1058TcByMCZqsc6RyLRAcmmk4pS7zfdOr

It does appear that there is a gap between the final drive and wheel. That does not appear to be seated correctly.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MBfvdBxuGCJvPSPYV8EhzliuQmMij3t3

[Grinbeard]

I disassembled, inspected, and reassembled the rear wheel this evening without any change in spacing of the caliper. I was wrong about the gap between the wheel and final drive. There is another lip that is seating well inside the final drive portion. Plus when I torque the large nut on the most lefthand side, it seems to be properly squeezing everything together.

While the caliper was free, I did attempt to fit the brakes onto the rotor. They wouldn't fit even at this point. I think my next step is to service the caliper and see what the issue is.

If anyone happened to have an image of their caliper alignment without any brakes installed, I would greatly appreciate knowing that it might just be a tight tolerance on one side.

[Grinbeard]

The caliper were in pretty rough shape. I think I'll have to get a replacement pistons before they will seat. That will have to wait until I have more bike budget available.

I've decided to live with the slightly off-centered spacing and just watch how the brakes wear down.

[tom203]

First I tighten the right side - the pinch bolt- to clamp/hold axle in position. Then I tighten the the big hex nut to about 50 ft-lbs: less than what is called for as it is pinching the caliper bracket .
any evidence that bike went down on right side and possibly bent bracket?
What ever you do, make sure you have good reliable brake action .