Hello -- I recently bought a 2006 Blast and I'm having a problem (I think) with the disc brakes. When I install the front wheel, I cannot line up the disc such that there is no friction/noise when spinning the wheel. I've tried pretty much every angle and positioning technique I can think of... but at some level I know it shouldn't be *this* difficult. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a trick to this? Sorry I don't know the terminology better!
Newbie problem with disc brakes on Blast
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Put the wheel in being certain it is seated all the way into the drop outs and tighten the quick release skewer. Next, take a 5 mm allen key and loosen the two bolts (slightly) that hold the disc caliper to the fork. Squeeze the brake 2-3 times and hold the lever while slowly tightening those two bolts back up evenly. Release the brake and you should now have a centered caliper and no rubbing. As long as the front & back wheel are fully seated in the drop outs when you center the brake caliper, you will never get rubbing when removing/replacing the wheels.
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Its a mecahnical disk, that wont work.Too Rass Goat said:
Make sure you have the QR really tight. Sometimes when tightening the QR the fork will flex a decent amount. So if the QR is loose the brake might rub if the brake was set up with the QR really tight.
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It won't work? Wow, I guess it didn't work on the 24 Konas in my rental fleet with MX-2's...
If he gets the wheel fully seated and adjusts the caliper afterwards, it will and does work. Loosening the caliper bolts allows the caliper to slide a few mm's either way and center around the rotor. He's not centering the pistons like on a hydro, but rather the entire caliper assembly. The key is making sure the wheel is fully seated before making adjustments.
If he gets the wheel fully seated and adjusts the caliper afterwards, it will and does work. Loosening the caliper bolts allows the caliper to slide a few mm's either way and center around the rotor. He's not centering the pistons like on a hydro, but rather the entire caliper assembly. The key is making sure the wheel is fully seated before making adjustments.
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