VegasNewbie
Becki
I noticed my front wheel ('82 Seca) was squeaking and found that it wouldn't spin freely. I bled the brakes about a month ago, but still had these symptoms. So today I looked at the brake pads and saw that there was no visible space between the pads and the rotor. I took the caliper off to have a look.
After spending several quality hours with the manual and watching videos on YouTube, although I learned a few things, I'm stumped and know one or more of you can give me a clue card.
There were a few problems I found. I found the caliper had a tough time moving in relationship to the mounting bracket. I think there was too much grease on the pins because things worked much easier after I cleaned that up and applied a little lithium grease to them. The pads are pretty new and the grease pretty clean, so I think they were worked on recently.
In this first video, you'll see the pad on the non-piston side is loose. I'm dubious that this is by design, but please let me know. The manual says there should be a spring and a shim, both of which are there.
In the 2nd video you'll see that there's a nice gap between the pads and rotor until I pump the brake until the pads hit the rotor and don't rebound back. Not sure why that's happening. The piston looks clean and does go all the way back in with a C clamp. I took it apart 3 times (although didn't get the piston all the way out) and don't see anything that would prevent it from moving.
In the 3rd video, you'll see that I'm back to my original condition of the pads rubbing on the rotor.
Oh, and to top it off, one of the screws on the master cylinder cover is now stripped... <sigh>
Sorry for the rough videos, I filmed with my phone with just 2 hands.
I'm looking forward to any suggestions you have. I'm off the road until this is solved.
After spending several quality hours with the manual and watching videos on YouTube, although I learned a few things, I'm stumped and know one or more of you can give me a clue card.
There were a few problems I found. I found the caliper had a tough time moving in relationship to the mounting bracket. I think there was too much grease on the pins because things worked much easier after I cleaned that up and applied a little lithium grease to them. The pads are pretty new and the grease pretty clean, so I think they were worked on recently.
In this first video, you'll see the pad on the non-piston side is loose. I'm dubious that this is by design, but please let me know. The manual says there should be a spring and a shim, both of which are there.
In the 2nd video you'll see that there's a nice gap between the pads and rotor until I pump the brake until the pads hit the rotor and don't rebound back. Not sure why that's happening. The piston looks clean and does go all the way back in with a C clamp. I took it apart 3 times (although didn't get the piston all the way out) and don't see anything that would prevent it from moving.
In the 3rd video, you'll see that I'm back to my original condition of the pads rubbing on the rotor.
Oh, and to top it off, one of the screws on the master cylinder cover is now stripped... <sigh>
Sorry for the rough videos, I filmed with my phone with just 2 hands.
I'm looking forward to any suggestions you have. I'm off the road until this is solved.