I have totally screwed something up, and for the life of me can't figure out what I did.
I had noticed recently that my GENII was oscillating on braking, like it's catching/releasing, and after Twobrother's post about potential disc warpage, I got to wondering if I had the same problem. Last night I pulled off my front wheel and looked at the brakes, and noticed something amiss. In the three pics below, you will see the 1) Right caliper (fine); 2) Left caliper and 3) left caliper detail. Notice how the inside pad on one side is fully extended, and the other side compressed SO BAD that the pad is now flush with the nib on the caliper, and has actually started touching (last pic)....and this is the way it runs when the caliper is ON the bike (does not float back to center).
Tuf and I talked about this last night for awhile, and the only thing we can think of is the following:
- Spacers: maybe somehow I got the front/rear swapped out, or the front busa with the front gixxer...
- Axle: Maybe I got the busa swapped with the gixxer (wouldn't think so but ya never know). Gixxer's running fine BTW.
- Wheel: Have I got the wheel turned around backwards?
Confirmed with Justin that 08 busa and 07 gixxer 1k part numbers are same with spacers (front-front, back-back), but the axle numbers ARE different. I don't see how I could have swapped parts, but it's possible I guess.
Lastly, the last front Q2 I ran out had some really weird wear issues (high/low spots), I just put a new one on a few hundred miles ago, and it's already showing the weird wear pattern. If the wheel is ocsillating wrong, then that might also create that wear pattern.
Ideas? Of course, it WOULD be the week before the bash. I can't ride it like this. Maybe now I need an OEM disc on that one side, and in all likelyhood new pads (which I have, but if I don't fix the real problem I'll just be wasting another set). It's got to be something simple, since I didn't do that much. But who would have thought?
I need another GENII to look at, compare and measure the axle, wheel, disc and spacer...
lease:
I had noticed recently that my GENII was oscillating on braking, like it's catching/releasing, and after Twobrother's post about potential disc warpage, I got to wondering if I had the same problem. Last night I pulled off my front wheel and looked at the brakes, and noticed something amiss. In the three pics below, you will see the 1) Right caliper (fine); 2) Left caliper and 3) left caliper detail. Notice how the inside pad on one side is fully extended, and the other side compressed SO BAD that the pad is now flush with the nib on the caliper, and has actually started touching (last pic)....and this is the way it runs when the caliper is ON the bike (does not float back to center).
Tuf and I talked about this last night for awhile, and the only thing we can think of is the following:
- Spacers: maybe somehow I got the front/rear swapped out, or the front busa with the front gixxer...
- Axle: Maybe I got the busa swapped with the gixxer (wouldn't think so but ya never know). Gixxer's running fine BTW.
- Wheel: Have I got the wheel turned around backwards?
Confirmed with Justin that 08 busa and 07 gixxer 1k part numbers are same with spacers (front-front, back-back), but the axle numbers ARE different. I don't see how I could have swapped parts, but it's possible I guess.
Lastly, the last front Q2 I ran out had some really weird wear issues (high/low spots), I just put a new one on a few hundred miles ago, and it's already showing the weird wear pattern. If the wheel is ocsillating wrong, then that might also create that wear pattern.
Ideas? Of course, it WOULD be the week before the bash. I can't ride it like this. Maybe now I need an OEM disc on that one side, and in all likelyhood new pads (which I have, but if I don't fix the real problem I'll just be wasting another set). It's got to be something simple, since I didn't do that much. But who would have thought?
I need another GENII to look at, compare and measure the axle, wheel, disc and spacer...
lease:
