21-03-17, 07:24 PM
Recently, when trying to get my FZ6 out of the shed, I found it very difficult to push and found that the front brakes were seeming to drag on the discs.
There's always been a bit of noise when pushing it because of the twin-pot floating caliper design, but this was worse than that.
I've squirted some brake cleaner behind the pads and pushed them back with a screwdriver between them which helped (it doesn't feel like it requires more than the usual effort to push), but I've got an MOT coming up pretty soon and I'm a bit concerned that the front wheel doesn't spin freely enough (if I give it a good shove with my hand it only makes about half a revolution before coming to a stop because of drag from the brakes).
I really don't want to have to disassemble the calipers if I don't have to, so does anyone have any useful suggestions or comments?
There's always been a bit of noise when pushing it because of the twin-pot floating caliper design, but this was worse than that.
I've squirted some brake cleaner behind the pads and pushed them back with a screwdriver between them which helped (it doesn't feel like it requires more than the usual effort to push), but I've got an MOT coming up pretty soon and I'm a bit concerned that the front wheel doesn't spin freely enough (if I give it a good shove with my hand it only makes about half a revolution before coming to a stop because of drag from the brakes).
I really don't want to have to disassemble the calipers if I don't have to, so does anyone have any useful suggestions or comments?