Help with moving rotor
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Cruiser
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Help with moving rotor
Can someone please take a look at attached video and tell me if a floating rotor is supposed to do this and move this much? The buttons move back & forth quite a bit and I get clicking and clunking and it worries me a bit. Thanks and I appreciate any feedback.
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From: farmington ny
The buttons are wore out when it moves that much.its one of the draw backs to some floating rotors.Do a google search i seem to remember seeing a kit to replace worn out buttons on floating rotors.I don't know if there any good.I know alot of these buttons rattle some but yourS seem very excessive.so therefor i don't know if that could be considered unsafe or not,might want to replace A.S.A.P.
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Cruiser
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This is unreal as they're brand new and just put them on. I don't even have 100 mile on these rotors. I'm ****in pissed off as I ordered these Galfer rotors from a company in Italy. I'm going to call Galfer tomorrow as they have a location in Cali and they should do something about it as it's their product. I'll see tomorrow when I call them. Thanks guys!
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Early Performance Machine and Pro One rotors used to rattle and wiggle too. That rotor doesn't appear to be worn, rather just loose from the way it's manufactured. I don't think it's unsafe, but it must rattle your ears to no end.
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I know they're supposed to move a LITTLE but this seems excessive. Actually you can't hear anything while riding even at slow speeds, just a little clicking and sometimes a small clunking when using front brakes. Nothing too bad and I have to listen closely to hear it, I was just worried as it's the front wheel and if something happened it would be serious.
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The rotors that you see on most bikes aren't 'true' floating rotors. You have a true floating rotor. Wouldn't concern me in the least. (Ever seen a real race bike's full floaters? Welcome to the club. It instantly self aligns when the brakes are applied.)
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No I haven't, but now you have me curious lol so I'll have to Google it and check out a video. Thanks again for your replies.
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It also concerns me when I hear that clunk sometimes when I apply the front brake. I'm nervous if I ever have to really brake hard in an emergency.