Reginald
cyclepoke
While I was replacing my front fork springs I noticed the front wheel was not spinning easily.
The front wheel was dragging a bit from the brakes before I started, it sounded like the rear brake. The front wheel wouldn't make a complete revolution on it's own after pulling it by hand; it used to spin almost twice. So while the front was off I cleaned up the brakes with brake cleaner. When I got it all together, I still got the drag and same weak spin I got before. It's the left front pads that are dragging, the right pads spun correctly (put them on one at a time find the problem). I don't believe the disk is warped because the drag is constant when I turn spin the wheel.
Any ideas on what to do about that brake drag (something simple). I've never worked on a linked system before and am intimidated by the thought of taking the calipers apart and bleeding the system. May have to take this thing to the shop.
The front wheel was dragging a bit from the brakes before I started, it sounded like the rear brake. The front wheel wouldn't make a complete revolution on it's own after pulling it by hand; it used to spin almost twice. So while the front was off I cleaned up the brakes with brake cleaner. When I got it all together, I still got the drag and same weak spin I got before. It's the left front pads that are dragging, the right pads spun correctly (put them on one at a time find the problem). I don't believe the disk is warped because the drag is constant when I turn spin the wheel.
Any ideas on what to do about that brake drag (something simple). I've never worked on a linked system before and am intimidated by the thought of taking the calipers apart and bleeding the system. May have to take this thing to the shop.