Voodoo Hoodoo Fork and brakes help

paul2cr

Hi, just bought a Voodoo Hoodoo and need some advice please.

When I have teh bike stationary and I apply the front break and rock the bike back and forth there is slight movement in the forks. Is this normal. My old bike did this too. If i have the front and rear brakes pulled it doesnt rock. I took the fork out and put it all back together again and same thing. I have not been on a bike for 5 years so not sure if its normal or not.

Also my front brake is not as tight and requires to be pulled a little more than my rear brake is this normal or anyway i can tighten it up at all?.

My old bike is about 15 years old so it has the old rubber brake pads with cables and solid forks and was very basic. Weird that my frame looks very similar to the new Voodoo though and colour is identical too. The 15 year old bike is an Emmell. Had 21 speed STI.

I originally bought the Carrera Vulcan but returned it to get the Voodoo Hoodoo. I cant remember if the Carrera had slight movement in front forks or not. Just something I noticed.

Any help or input is much appreciated.

supersonic

Sounds like the headset needs adjusting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2RHkdRePa8

Let the brakes bed in.

paul2cr

Hi, thanks for the speedy reply. I will give that a go in the morning. I hope it is just as easy as the video. I will post back up tomorrow to see how i got on. Thanks again.

Uli

Check headset as per Supersoninc post. Check if skewers are not loose. I thrown away mine after they went loose after few hard stops (especially front one). The pair of deore ones sorted the problem with unwanted movements.

dumdum

new hoodoo owner here... i wondered the same about the play.....

just to let you know its probably slight play in the fork, having read the owners/workshop manual... cant remember which stated it... they said that it was normal to have a tiny amount of play in the fork bushes, its not an expensive fork and it does seem that theres some inherent play in the bushes... hope this helps.... by all means check the headset as well, but i reckon your feeling what i was first time out

as for the brakes, mine bedded in quite nicely after a decent blast round sherwood pines, when bedding them in i tried not to come to a complete stop after heavy braking... this can lead to overheating... its just a little tip from when we bed car brakes in (car mechanic by trade), you should never come to a complete stop, medium braking effort from 40-20 and then repeat 4 or five times giving plenty of time for cooling to avoid overheating them is good

paul2cr

Hi folks, sorted the problem after watching the video. I had tightened up the handlebars before tightening the forks. So I could only tighten the forks so much. I slackened off the handlebars and tightened the forks first then retightened the handlebars and now it is solid.

Brakes lever for hte front is still a little softer than rear. I have not really been on a long enough run yet though. Weather has been pretty poor here. Just fitted my Topeak mudguards, My elite bottle cage, My cheap £2.50 front and rear led lights form ebay that are brill for the money and come with different fixings. Bought a chain too so just need to find my old cateye speedo and altitude thingy and stick that on.

I bought an SKS chainguard too but I have not got round to fitting it yet. Not 100% sure how it goes on. I have several ripped trousers from the chainset though so I want to get it fitted. Was only £14 from amazon. Lookes pretty good too.

The Rookie

One assumes by handlbars you mean the stem bolts that clamp it to the fork steerer?
Tightening the forks you meant the top cap bolt?