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14-09-09, 01:27 PM | #1 |
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Brakes pulling
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This morning I pulled the front brake on my curvey and it pulled to the right, now I don't mean the bike turnrd right like in a car it leaned right as though someone had pulled me. Ideas? Brake pads have around 1100 miles on them and I'm not a heavy braker. |
14-09-09, 01:30 PM | #2 |
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Re: Brakes pulling
get the calipers off and give them a service-no point in not doing it if you've had a braking issue
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14-09-09, 01:30 PM | #3 |
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Could be bad road surface (ruts left by excessive traffic, overlapping patches of tarmac). Did it keep happening?
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I'd check everything was tight and couldn't move first. Druid
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14-09-09, 01:35 PM | #5 |
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Re: Brakes pulling
It's happened twice on different parts of road, someone had suggested it could be some grit have got in the calipers not sure if that's true or not.
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14-09-09, 01:40 PM | #6 |
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Re: Brakes pulling
You need to go out and try to make it happen again. (Carefully). Like Fastdruid says brakes can't "pull" to one side on a bike like they can on a car.
If braking actually has caused you too effectively countersteer to the left and as a result lean to the right and it was not a result of a dodgy bit of road like ASH suggests, then it's because the force involved caused something that could be loose to go out of allignment. Either that or you braced yourself on the right hand side bar more than the left as you braked |
14-09-09, 01:41 PM | #7 |
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i'd still be taking them off and servicing them no matter what
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14-09-09, 02:14 PM | #8 |
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for peace of mind (imoa)
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14-09-09, 02:54 PM | #10 |
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+1. Most small capacity bikes only have a disc on one side at the front (and think of your rear brake)! I would take it for a test ride and see if it happens again as it's possible that it was just chance that there was a groove/lump in the road surface pushing you to the side. Particularly common on the inside lane in motorways where lorries wear grooves in the road.
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