Headed out for a ride this morning did some light trail braking in 4 or 5 turns in the first mile, then when coming to a normal stop at the first stop sign at mile 2 (normal braking pressure I would say), the front bit and seized. Was stuck in the middle of the road for about 4 min until the calipers loosened up. Tried some very light braking on way back home and it didn't do it again.
So, looking for a sanity check. I rode yesterday, nothing out of the ordinary happened btw. 3500 miles and it's a 2012, no track days, usually pretty easy on the brakes and very rarely executed a hard braking maneuver. I did flush and bleed the brakes about a month and 6 rides ago. Other than that, I've never done anything significant to the brakes. The reservoir is at the max line with the cap on. From the brief research I have done could it be hydraulic lock? Or perhaps dirty pistons in the caliper? I'm just a shade tree mechanic and brakes are definitely one of the fuzzier areas for me.
Separate issue... The rear brake. I installed CRG rear sets in the off season and adjusting the rear brake pedal has been an illusive magic that I just don't understand. I made an adjustment to the linkage last night to tighten the pedal up as it had a lot of slop up and down before engaging. Got it tightened and after my short ride here today the pedal travels about 30 degrees down and mashing on it as hard I can barely engages the rear brake now. So my ride back I discovered I didn't even have the rear brake if things went really pear shaped...
Any advice or words of wisdom on these two issues would be greatly appreciated. I think I'm going to take the calipers and pads off to see what things look like.
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So, looking for a sanity check. I rode yesterday, nothing out of the ordinary happened btw. 3500 miles and it's a 2012, no track days, usually pretty easy on the brakes and very rarely executed a hard braking maneuver. I did flush and bleed the brakes about a month and 6 rides ago. Other than that, I've never done anything significant to the brakes. The reservoir is at the max line with the cap on. From the brief research I have done could it be hydraulic lock? Or perhaps dirty pistons in the caliper? I'm just a shade tree mechanic and brakes are definitely one of the fuzzier areas for me.
Separate issue... The rear brake. I installed CRG rear sets in the off season and adjusting the rear brake pedal has been an illusive magic that I just don't understand. I made an adjustment to the linkage last night to tighten the pedal up as it had a lot of slop up and down before engaging. Got it tightened and after my short ride here today the pedal travels about 30 degrees down and mashing on it as hard I can barely engages the rear brake now. So my ride back I discovered I didn't even have the rear brake if things went really pear shaped...
Any advice or words of wisdom on these two issues would be greatly appreciated. I think I'm going to take the calipers and pads off to see what things look like.
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