Front brake help
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Front brake help
So I have a 98 wide glide that I did over in a bobber style. So I installed higher bars and new front wheel which is perfectly centered. I needed a longer front brake line. So putting it all together I also installed new front pads. So the system is empty. I have bled it yet its on the lift put The disc seems up against left side of caliper if you were sitting on it. So my question is is this normal? and when I bleed it does this all sound normal?
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The disk rides very close to one of the sides of the caliper slot, but should still be at least .100" apart. As "OldEnuf2NoBtr" stated above, check yer spacer stack sequence.
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Its a aftermarket wheel so I centered the wheel with new black spacers. So does this mean I have to some how shim the caliper a bit left sitting on the bike? also I rode the bike and it tracks very wheel. no pulls left or right so I would hate to off center a wheel for the caliper. also that caliper set up may be tough to shim . Thank you for your help with this.
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not sure I went right to centering the wheel and installed caliper so that was all done on the table so I took it off for the first time and it rubbed. At this point I think I should remove spacers and put the caliper on with proper spacing and see where the wheel is to center. I am not sure of what side is what with the oem spacers as well. This is all user era on my part in a rush. Put its all fixable thank god.Any insight would be great.
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