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Tacoma, WA | Anyyone have any trouble with their rear brake caliper not being aligned properly, and dragging on the rear disc?------Metalguy  |
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LaPorte,Tx. | Pretty hard for the rear caliper to be out of alignment as it is attached to the rear axle and there is a notch locking it into the swing arm. What is probably out of alignment is your rear wheel. A slight mis-alignment of the rear wheel will allow the disc to drag on the brake pads. |
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Tacoma, WA | The rear brake is NOT attached to the rear axle. It fits in a square hole on the swingarm, and rides on the rear disc. If the rear wheel was mis-aligned, the belt would give plenty of feedback, squealing. I am guessing nobody here who actually has seen their rear caliper has had any problems with it. --------Metalguy |
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San Antonio, TX | metalguy,
When my rear pads were replaced the pads were worn more on one end then the other. I was surprised that the wear was not even.
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LaPorte,Tx. | metalguy - 2010-05-12 8:38 PM
The rear brake is NOT attached to the rear axle. It fits in a square hole on the swingarm, and rides on the rear disc. If the rear wheel was mis-aligned, the belt would give plenty of feedback, squealing. I am guessing nobody here who actually has seen their rear caliper has had any problems with it. --------Metalguy
Metalguy, I may have used the work attach wrong. The rear axle passes through the caliper bracket at the rear of the bracket and then the square raised casting fits into the swingarm. When you have the bike up on a jacket doing the belt alignement you can hear rubbing of the brake pads on the disc if the rear wheel is not properly aligned. Photo shows the hole in the bracket that the axle passes through and the raised square.
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Pittsburgh, PA | do they wear more on one side because its Not a fixed (solid) rotor, but one that flexs? (floats)? |
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New Bohemia, VA | A couple issue here in play. One you can change the pads without removing the caliber, only the little bolt that holds them in. Second, make sure you have the right spacers on the right side when you put the wheel back in.
You are correct, the bracket the caliper is mounted to has two alignments, 1) the axle hole and 2) the swing arm slider. Never remove just the caliber from the bracket while installed, even the book tells you this, it will cause malignment as it is difficult to get back together while the bracket is installed, don't ask me how I know.
The caliper is a floater type just like most and wears evenly on both sides, unless it is not mounted correctly or you're having piston problems.
I've seen mine plenty of times and have even replaced the rotor as well.
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