Play in rear wheel.

paulneenan76

Got back from a ride and I've developed some play in the rear wheel - back and forth movement with brake on? Was a bit too dark and other commitments have meant I've been unable to have a good check to find the cause. The rear is a superstar AM on a suprleggara trizoid hub. The QR was tight as was the caliper. Not checked dropouts but is this more likely my hub / hub bearings that are the cause?

Thanks in advance.

Paul

mini_death

pads moving in caliper/loose brake mounts/loose spokes/loose rotor (not familiar with the hub but if it's centre lock then more likely, i could look it up but i'm feeling lazy)

if your bearings have gone you'll get side play

jimothy78

Reckon most likely is fault at rotor - like mini-death said, if it's a centre-lock jobbie then they can develop play at the rivets between the alu spider and main rotor. if it's a 6-bolt rotor, then it could be that the bolts are loose and/or the bolt holes have ovalised.

Could also be loose cups in a cup-and-cone bearing hub - that will be easy to eliminate as it will also give lateral play of the wheel relative to the frame.

paulneenan76

Thanks for the replys. I'm off to check it out but I don't have cup n cone or centre lock rotors.

Hopefully I can get it resolved.

Thanks

paulneenan76

Turns out it was a mixture of a build up of crap on the pads, one or two loose rotor bolts, and a slightly loose caliper bolt.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Paul