Front wheel spins Hard after braided lines
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Front wheel spins Hard after braided lines
Just finished installation of Magnum braided front brake lines, prior to this job the front wheel spun freely so i don't believe the rotors are warped,now it spins very hard. It was all put together properly per service manual including torque specs ( OK, maybe a little tighter than specs). Is this normal? I'm wondering if after a ride it will loosen up a bit? I bled the brakes good and have great pressure at the lever. Thanks for any insight. Dave
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If all you did was replace the brake lines, it should free up when you drive it. Bleeding the lines surely tightened the pads against the rotors and a few miles and heat cycles should get things going.
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You put too much fluid in the system!
Try resetting the calipers, Take the top the master cylinder off, take the caliper off and push the pistons back in the caliper. Watch out for the brake fluid spilling out of the master cylinder. Replace top, cycle brake lever a few times and recheck fluid level. Test ride it.
Try resetting the calipers, Take the top the master cylinder off, take the caliper off and push the pistons back in the caliper. Watch out for the brake fluid spilling out of the master cylinder. Replace top, cycle brake lever a few times and recheck fluid level. Test ride it.
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I checked the caliper bolts and i had definitely over torqued them, loosened them up a little to the lower end of the torque setting and it helped alittle. This bike had the wheels switched to fatboy wheels and the previous owner had to have new spacers machined, he also had a spacers in between the fork and caliper on each side, with one sides being thicker than the other, he must have done it correctly because after 4000 miles the break wear on the pads seems very even, but I'm dealing with "customizations" now so this adds to the frustration, and I had the forks out to install profile springs, so I had allot apart as well.
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i would recommend taking some brake fluid out before pushing in the pucks. then bleed the side farthest away first. depending on the yr bike some dot fluid is caustic to paint and chrome. so drain some first then add at the end to fill
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