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brake question
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brake question
Mama just bought me the aluminum yellow jack from Sears for my birthday so I jacked up the bike and I spun the front wheel and noticed that I can hear slight friction as the wheel spins where the pads rub the rotors. Is this normal? I kinda thought that it would just spin freely without any noise.
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RE: brake question
Hey Dawg,
Where did you end up placing the jack on the frame. I jack my bike with the same unit and have to put the rearmost lift arm just ahead of the crossbrace on the frame. The bike is definitely not balanced and the jack should be placed further back in my opinion. I was worried that if I placed the jack underneath the crossbrace that I may damage it.
Where did you end up placing the jack on the frame. I jack my bike with the same unit and have to put the rearmost lift arm just ahead of the crossbrace on the frame. The bike is definitely not balanced and the jack should be placed further back in my opinion. I was worried that if I placed the jack underneath the crossbrace that I may damage it.
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RE: brake question
dawg, on drum brakes there are a set of springs that retract each shoe to keep it away from the brake drum. Disk brakes have no such springs so the pads are always just slightly contacting the rotors...................BG
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From: BOSTON originally / APPLETON WI now
RE: brake question
Drag is normal.
Nice jack ain't it??? [IMG]local://upfiles/5166/4C6830DBA3DD411788BAA0889341F9A4.jpg[/IMG]
Just don't be sitting on the bike and try to push out the lowered-stuck jack with your foot.
I made that mistake in my garage and dumped her onto the side - amazingly not a freakin scratch????
This dumb a$$ won't do that EVER again.
Nice jack ain't it??? [IMG]local://upfiles/5166/4C6830DBA3DD411788BAA0889341F9A4.jpg[/IMG]
Just don't be sitting on the bike and try to push out the lowered-stuck jack with your foot.
I made that mistake in my garage and dumped her onto the side - amazingly not a freakin scratch????
This dumb a$$ won't do that EVER again.
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