shad_68
DOOD looks like a lady
Prelude: Yesterday evening I noticed that the brake light on the BMW was on the whole time. Apparently because the pedal was hanging a bit low, and thus constantly setting off the contact switch.
No big deal, I thought, and set out to readjust the pedal position this morning. After I had done that, I thought why not readjust the chain tension, since it was really loose.
Getting the nut holding the axle undone was a real fight, in the end I had to use a wrench and a hammer... getting it in the same position on both sides of the swingarm was a bitch too, but nevertheless after some time it was done, and I had it at the recommended 20mm of play.
Anyway, here comes the crucial part:
When I wanted to push it back to its place in the garage, I noticed that pushing was much harder than usual. So I put it up on the main stand, started the engine and put it in first gear. The wheel turned alright, but almost instantly after pulling the clutch it stopped, no freewheeling at all.
I then turned the engine off again and carefully touched the brake disk, and sure enough it was HOT.
So apparently the brake pads are constantly rubbing on the disk. Could anything I did with the rear axle or the brake lever have caused this? I tend not to think so, because I already had this problem once some time ago. Back then the wheel was turning fine again once the brakes had cooled down and didn't notice it again until now.
Ugh...
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Oh crap, I really don't think that the disk is actually supposed to look bent like that...
I have no idea what to do about that though.
No big deal, I thought, and set out to readjust the pedal position this morning. After I had done that, I thought why not readjust the chain tension, since it was really loose.
Getting the nut holding the axle undone was a real fight, in the end I had to use a wrench and a hammer... getting it in the same position on both sides of the swingarm was a bitch too, but nevertheless after some time it was done, and I had it at the recommended 20mm of play.
Anyway, here comes the crucial part:
When I wanted to push it back to its place in the garage, I noticed that pushing was much harder than usual. So I put it up on the main stand, started the engine and put it in first gear. The wheel turned alright, but almost instantly after pulling the clutch it stopped, no freewheeling at all.
I then turned the engine off again and carefully touched the brake disk, and sure enough it was HOT.
So apparently the brake pads are constantly rubbing on the disk. Could anything I did with the rear axle or the brake lever have caused this? I tend not to think so, because I already had this problem once some time ago. Back then the wheel was turning fine again once the brakes had cooled down and didn't notice it again until now.
Ugh...
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Oh crap, I really don't think that the disk is actually supposed to look bent like that...
I have no idea what to do about that though.
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