deedub
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My front brakes are dragging hard, so hard that I've decided to stop using the bike until I get it solved, but I can't figure out what's going on.
Starting a couple weeks ago, something felt wrong with the front wheel while riding. Since a rear wheel bearing had failed recently, I thought I was having the same problem with the front bearings. But it turns out to be the brake - the pads are dragging on the rotor, because they're held so tightly between the pad retaining pin and the pad clip that they jam in place and won't let up off the rotor. The caliper and caliper bracket fit together correctly and slide freely, the pistons are clean and move freely, and the pad retaining pin threads cleanly without the pads installed, but with the pads in place and that little pad clip in place, it takes way too much force to push the pads down to align the holes with the retaining pin, and they stick tightly in place once the pin is through. I don't understand why it's happening, what caused it to start now after 40K miles, or how to fix it short of just throwing parts at it. I replaced the pads and pad clip to no effect, but haven't changed anything else yet.
Does anyone have any ideas? Experienced this before? I'm considering buying a whole new (used) caliper assembly off ebay if I can't figure out what's wrong with mine.
Starting a couple weeks ago, something felt wrong with the front wheel while riding. Since a rear wheel bearing had failed recently, I thought I was having the same problem with the front bearings. But it turns out to be the brake - the pads are dragging on the rotor, because they're held so tightly between the pad retaining pin and the pad clip that they jam in place and won't let up off the rotor. The caliper and caliper bracket fit together correctly and slide freely, the pistons are clean and move freely, and the pad retaining pin threads cleanly without the pads installed, but with the pads in place and that little pad clip in place, it takes way too much force to push the pads down to align the holes with the retaining pin, and they stick tightly in place once the pin is through. I don't understand why it's happening, what caused it to start now after 40K miles, or how to fix it short of just throwing parts at it. I replaced the pads and pad clip to no effect, but haven't changed anything else yet.
Does anyone have any ideas? Experienced this before? I'm considering buying a whole new (used) caliper assembly off ebay if I can't figure out what's wrong with mine.
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