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 Re: Improving the front brake.......?
[Re: rohnstad]
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09/04/11 02:00 AM
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JohnW
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Another possibility that I checked was if the pads were dragging on the rotor Maybe just your chice of words here, but just a comment for those who maybe new to this aspect of their bikes (or car). It's the nature of disk brakes for pads to lightly drag the rotor. With drum brakes there should be freeplay as there are return springs to pull the shoe free, but disc brakes have no such mechanism. So they remain lightly touching the disc when released (assuming no disc runout). So if you do spin the wheel and can feel or hear them lightly touching and adding so very small resistance this is perfectly ok. Obviously binding is a diffent matter.
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Re: Improving the front brake.......?
[Re: JohnW]
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09/04/11 05:11 AM
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rohnstad
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Yep,there will always be at least a light drag on disc brakes. I satisfied myself that there wasn't a heavy drag by observing that the rotor wasn't at all hot to the touch.
I haven't measured with any great precision, but if I would, I think I would be closer to 5mm free play then the lower limit of 2mm.
Rich in Patagonia, 68 YM-1, 02 FZ1, 09 KLX250
04 XT225 - it's gone now
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Re: Improving the front brake.......?
[Re: rohnstad]
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09/04/11 06:19 AM
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mavtitle
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Tighten it up a bit and see if that improves over the next couple of days.
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Re: Improving the front brake.......?
[Re: mavtitle]
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09/17/11 01:31 PM
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Forestwalker
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Does anyone know if the xt225 and tw200 share the same front disc and caliper setup? If so... their is a supermoto style 320mm disc available for the tw200 from twparts. The kit also comes with a caliper relocation bracket.
2004 Xt 225
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Re: Improving the front brake.......?
[Re: Forestwalker]
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09/17/11 09:46 PM
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Moto Psycho
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They look to be different in the parts fische. The part numbers are a little different and so is price....  XT225: CALIPER ASSY (LEFT) 4JG-2580T-01-00 TW200: CALIPER ASSY (LEFT) 5LB-2580T-01-00
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