| Author | Message | ||
     Lousirider |
rear tire was showing white thread @ 5000 miles..so I took off the wheel sent it to tire shop and spent 25.00 for mounting new tire (120.00). Question is; What is the SOP (other than manual's way) of installing the wheel? I found that the brake is now hardly working, I plan to bleed it tomorrow. Any one else had this problem? They seem to work better the more I stoppie the bike, but still need bleeding. | ||
| Andrejs2112 |
Which brakes? Rear or front? | ||
| Lousirider |
}Which brakes? Rear or front? rear | ||
| Stevem123 |
You should not need to bleed the rear brake unless there was a leak or the fluid got too low and the master cylinder sucked air. Re-check the caliper assembly and make sure the caliper is floating as it should. you can check this by pushing the piston in all the way and then you should be able to freely slide the caliper from side to side until the pads contact the rotor. Also make sure you didn't get any grease or antiseaze on the rotor or pads. The rotor can be cleaned but if there is any of the greasy stuff that got on the pads they will most likely have to be replaced as the friction material is porus and practically impossible to clean. BC Steve | ||
| Dfishman |
Did you pump the pedal?Sometimes a couple of strokes of the brake lever is needed to push the pads back out to the disc. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Also, are you sure you didn't pump the pedal while the wheel was off? If you over-extended the caliper while there was no rotor holding the pads in place, they may have sucked air. |
