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Ok so I rebuilt my forks earlier this year. Last night when I put the bodywork on I noticed I have a lot of resistance with the brakes on the front wheel. The fluid level is perfect and there are no pinched lines. I am curious on if maybe I have the forks not perfectly set height wise or the allignment is off.
My first question is on the fork height. I am measuring from the top of the triple to the top of the fork tube (under where the adjustment screw is), about 12.8 CM (if I remember right) which is what it was before I took them off. Is this where I need to be measuring from?
Onto the alignment. I never had issues when taking the front wheel off but this was another thing I was curious about. When I put the forks and wheel back on how can I check if that is the culprit?
THe wheel just does not rotate as freely as it used to at the end of last season. I could turn it by hand and it would make at least 1 full rotation before stopping, now it goes about 1/4 of a turn. I can still push the bike with little effort but I am just worried about the pads rubbing this much on the rotor.
Thoughts?
Thanks
Flesh
My first question is on the fork height. I am measuring from the top of the triple to the top of the fork tube (under where the adjustment screw is), about 12.8 CM (if I remember right) which is what it was before I took them off. Is this where I need to be measuring from?
Onto the alignment. I never had issues when taking the front wheel off but this was another thing I was curious about. When I put the forks and wheel back on how can I check if that is the culprit?
THe wheel just does not rotate as freely as it used to at the end of last season. I could turn it by hand and it would make at least 1 full rotation before stopping, now it goes about 1/4 of a turn. I can still push the bike with little effort but I am just worried about the pads rubbing this much on the rotor.
Thoughts?
Thanks
Flesh