Just took my front wheel off to get the lower forks painted. Took my time to make sure i put the spacers back in the same spots when Putting it back together. Took it for a ride and realized the caliper is rubbing the rotor very bad. Neither piston is seized and can move very freely when i take it off. Also the tire doesn’t appear to be in the center of the fender. Tried switching the spacers for the hell of it and that doesn’t allow the caliper to mount. Tried putting the washers on the caliper mounts in between the forks and the caliper figuring, even though i was confident they were right under the bolt head. Cleaned up all the surfaces where the spacers meet and flipped them to see if it made a difference. I’ve read hundreds of threads about the process of tightening up the axel but and bolts on the axel cover, nothing made a difference. Any ideas? Not very experienced.

 

Best advice bro is to make sure your spacers are installed properly(some are directional, check your SM) and seated against the wheel bearing. I did not see a wheel speed sensor from your pics so it doesnt appear you have ABS. Two different lengths for the fasteners on your brake caliper correct, make sure those go back to the correct home.

Your fork cap is directional as well, make sure your follow SM for installing that.

Lastly, I would take a good hard look at your caliper and make sure its not damaged, pistons, etc..... Also check the rotor itself.

If you are still having issues, get a pro, too dangerous to take a chance on.

 

Tried the spacers every way possible

 

Could a bearing have shifted inside your hub? Check your belt alignment too.

Longshot here~ Brake rotor bolts backing out?

Rotor wasn't "flipped" over, was it?
If everything else checks out, then shim the rotor, I guess. Not really recommended, but ya gotta do what a gotta do...

 

I’ll check the hub bearing today. Drive belt alignment? I’ll check the rotor bolts but pretty sure they are good. Wasn’t flipped either, even checked it for square to make sure it didn’t get bent

 

Did you draw down the rotor side axle nut before tightening the pinch clamp on the opposite side ?

 

Yep tightened it up untill the hole on the right end of the axle was flush with the outside of the fork. Would’ve done the 7/16 drill bit trick but just didn’t have one available, the hole size is 7/16 so i would imagine it’s close enough

 

single disc, never mind.

 

If everything is the same as before, and everything is mounted properly then one would have to assume it is the spacers.

 

Yes rotation Mark on tire is the correct way and spacers are back in the same spot, even tried switching them and flipping them. At this point it sounds like checking to see if my bearing got moved at all is my best bet