nitroheadz28
Junior Member
I was really hoping the bike would be ready for a ride I had planned tomorrow, but its been fighting me.
-Removed old wheels/ tires, took new ones to the shop for mount and balance.
-Used lithium grease on both axles, installed front wheel first and snugged up the axle before putting the bike down.
-Installed rear wheel aligning it using the string method/ setting chain slack, snugged up the rear axle. Rear spins free.
*All brake caliper bolts torqued to 16ft/lbs, front axle 52ft/lbs- front pinch bolt snugged not too tight, rear to 87ft/lbs.
Brake calipers were hung off of some wire during the job, they never went into any crazy positions. Levers were never touched until I reinstalled them. Nothing is making contact with the front wheels apart from the calipers/ pads (They slipped on and torqued without any issues too??).
I may be paranoid but my brake lever *might* be feeling a little spongy. Its so bound up I need to put all my weight to on the bike to roll it, I tried moving it under power 50 feet or so to see if it would break loose and nothing.
Please help, I've had tomorrow's ride planned for a whole now
-Removed old wheels/ tires, took new ones to the shop for mount and balance.
-Used lithium grease on both axles, installed front wheel first and snugged up the axle before putting the bike down.
-Installed rear wheel aligning it using the string method/ setting chain slack, snugged up the rear axle. Rear spins free.
*All brake caliper bolts torqued to 16ft/lbs, front axle 52ft/lbs- front pinch bolt snugged not too tight, rear to 87ft/lbs.
Brake calipers were hung off of some wire during the job, they never went into any crazy positions. Levers were never touched until I reinstalled them. Nothing is making contact with the front wheels apart from the calipers/ pads (They slipped on and torqued without any issues too??).
I may be paranoid but my brake lever *might* be feeling a little spongy. Its so bound up I need to put all my weight to on the bike to roll it, I tried moving it under power 50 feet or so to see if it would break loose and nothing.
Please help, I've had tomorrow's ride planned for a whole now
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