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Drawkward
| Posted on Friday, August 27, 2010 - 03:58 pm: |
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From CustomFighters.com: http://www.customfighters.com/forums/showthread.ph p?t=36575
quote:Just curious about the Buell ZTL front braking system I have on my Bandit. Specifically the mounting of the rotor onto the rim. Its got a bit of a funky setup, with bolts that have spacers in them, and springs behind that, to in effect keep the bolts from tightening righ down on the rotor. Leaving a bit of floating room for the rotor, both in and out, and clockwise/counter clockwise. My question is, when I hit the front brake, there is a fairly noticable thump that I can feel as the rotor will turn just a tad bit (1/16" maybe) before it gets stopped on its mounting bolts/spacers. Should I be able to notice this? Or does it sound like I have the rotor mounted wrong? Anybody with a buell want to tell me what there front brake feels like, or have a look and see if their rotor has the same play as mine does.
This rules out the forks and steering bearing as a noise maker....right? |
Blk09r
| Posted on Friday, August 27, 2010 - 09:33 pm: |
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Mine makes noise without applying the brake. |
Eaton_corners
| Posted on Friday, August 27, 2010 - 09:58 pm: |
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All floating rotors have some "play". The front end clunk has been heavily discussed although, it has been awhile. Short story for mine is; don't worry about it, it is in the fork design. Apparently a plastic part inside the fork has a tendency to move. |
Ratsmc
| Posted on Friday, August 27, 2010 - 11:16 pm: |
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There would have to be a lot of play between the rotor and spacers for there to be a noticeable anything. |
Drawkward
| Posted on Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 06:55 pm: |
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Eaton: If you read the post you'd realize that he is just using the front wheel off a Buell...not the forks...that's why this is interesting. It rules out the forks for this particular noise. |
Eaton_corners
| Posted on Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 11:26 pm: |
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I did read the post and just went off on a tangent. Thanks for pointing it out for me. |
Drawkward
| Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 12:38 am: |
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I just wasn't sure if that caught your eye is all. My noise has returned with a vengeance. I think I'm going to retorque the steering head again as last time that stopped the majority of the noise. |
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