Karl
Active Member
That is totally fine.
I recommend pulling off your calipers and separating them. Grease the hell out of the pins. That's a lot of drag.Perhaps it is not as bad as I initially thought, what do you folks think?
That is totally fine.
I sounds like your brake is a little tight on the brakedisc.
Could only be because of a little rust, if it have been standing...
But could also be the pistons that need som maintenence, and grease on the pins like chris wrote.
I also do that, but of course NOT on brake pads and brakedisc.
But, go for a drive, and check again....it is not a lot..
I recommend pulling off your calipers and separating them. Grease the hell out of the pins. That's a lot of drag.
Looks fine to me. This thread became pretty entertaining. lol
The metal scratchy sound is throwing me off. I guess I need to do a caliper clean up and grease job.agree!
That wouldn’t bother me.
He will pop in on this thread, he is probably out riding all weekend.Where is Eric V. at a time like this?
I recommend pulling off your calipers and separating them. Grease the hell out of the pins. That's a lot of drag.
This weekend I will do as the both of you suggested.I agree with (all) what Ballistic said.
I did my brakes maintenance this winter (including brake fluid which i saw no one had mentioned... when was that changed ?)
I found out (and the bike had 19K Km, 5 years for the records) that the caliper pistons were far from moving freely. two of them were almost stuck and working very bad ...they were not coming back
...i did something like what Boris described two posts above (including lubing and rotating the pistons in the way) AND i changed brake fluid.
That changed the pistons and the brake lever from night to day ....and i can confirm the front wheel (almost) free spins without any dragging
The actual caliper pins get lubed behind the rubber boot. Chlorinated or non chlorinated brake cleaner is fine to use for cleaning. Might as well check your pad wear while you have them off.This weekend I will do as the both of you suggested.
Chris, when you mention grease the pins are you referring to the caliper pistons or the actual pin?
Which brake cleaner do you both recommend?
With chlorine or without chlorine?
Are the piston seals & gaskets okay with contact to brake cleaner?
Thanks in advance.