26-01-15, 03:08 PM
Hi all,
Gave my bike a clean the weekend and decided to clean the calipers, not a full blown removal, just removing them off disc and taking pads out and cleaning dust and gunk out of them.
when i pumped the pistons out a little one came really far out and nearly dropped out, was sitting at an angle.
Now the front wheel seems to bind a little, i have removed that caliper and the wheel does spin a little more freely with it off, but its all nice and clean inside now, so i am thinking that maybe when the piston became unseated some air might have gotten in, so would you recommend bleeding the system.
I am pretty new to the whole bike maintenance thing (sorry) I normally just get my local garage to do it (now i know why)
thanks
Gave my bike a clean the weekend and decided to clean the calipers, not a full blown removal, just removing them off disc and taking pads out and cleaning dust and gunk out of them.
when i pumped the pistons out a little one came really far out and nearly dropped out, was sitting at an angle.
Now the front wheel seems to bind a little, i have removed that caliper and the wheel does spin a little more freely with it off, but its all nice and clean inside now, so i am thinking that maybe when the piston became unseated some air might have gotten in, so would you recommend bleeding the system.
I am pretty new to the whole bike maintenance thing (sorry) I normally just get my local garage to do it (now i know why)
thanks