Disc Brake wobble

[GregMember]

Your brake disc has got a bit of a wobble, but it’s not big enough to make you feel the need to throw cash down on a new rotor. I have done this twice now, once on my old 600 and on my 650. Because the 650 has a 280mm EBC oversize I thought trying to straighten it was better then shelling the cash out, I had doing to lose

Spin the wheel and pinpoint where the bend is, then mark it with a texta. Grab a metal drift and tap it just below the point where the pad touches. Continue this in small increments and you should be able to get it back on the straight and narrow.
The EBC was harder because it is a fully floating disc. As you can see below the disc floats on the rivets thus called a floating disc

So I used two blocks of wood, a hammer and a dial indictor with a magnetic base.

Why have I posted this well it shares some information, I have done it and I am bored with my knee up

TB

(Thanks to insure my ride and ADB for some text and a picture) :laugh:

[dennis da menaceMember]

thanks TB. my front disc is bent.

due probably to exessive speed :laugh: :laugh:

and a sudden meeting with old Terry Firma :laugh:

im gonna give it a go.

i might even have a few beers and do a video tool tip review on the weekend :laugh: :laugh:

[timMember]

I have done a similar thing with my wave disc’s on the Berg, they seem to be prone to warping, Maybe i should stop using the brakes

[RoyMember]

I’ve done the same thing, but instead of a hammer I used the trusty old shifter. Put the blades tight on the rotor and the length of the handle gives you good purchace and feel for bending it back. It didn’t seem to mark the rotor.

[dennis da menaceMember]

i didnt have the luxury of a dial guage, but my left eye got it down to a poofteenth.

good enough for me

[BillMember]

menace wrote:

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i didnt have the luxury of a dial guage, but my left eye got it down to a poofteenth.

good enough for me

I just bought a new rotar much easier.

If you ever need a lend of a dial gauge give me a call, I should be able get one.

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