front brake problem
kango
Posts: 28
after riding it today i notcied the headset was abit loose.so i got it home tightened it up and then realised the front brake had become stiff. i can turn the wheel but it doesn't rotate freely.
they are hayes 9's.
are there any adjustments i can make to the brake?
do you think it would have somethin to do with adjusting the triple clamps?
or just a change is temp?
cheers lads
they are hayes 9's.
are there any adjustments i can make to the brake?
do you think it would have somethin to do with adjusting the triple clamps?
or just a change is temp?
cheers lads
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when you say stiff do you mean its catching the disc?0
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yer the brake is clamping on the disc.
i can hear is rubbing0 -
reset the caliper or push the pistons in a bit. (if they have been moved in while the wheel has been out of the fork)."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0 -
ive just had another look at it whilst the bike has been in my garage and it seems to be ok again.
must have been somethin with the heat of my kitchen.0 -
I have had this with hayes 9's on my old stinky!!
It was sat next to a radiator in the cellar, next time I went to get it out the brakes had jammed on so I left it.
Next time I went to get it the heat from the radiator had built up that much pressure in the brake system the bleed caps burst and brake fluid was everywhere. :shock:
It must be to do with the fluid they use!!'08 Stinky and an old Saracen X-tort Single speed
"It would not be at all strange if history came to the conclusion that the perfection of the bicycle was the greatest incident of the nineteenth century"0