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Message started by Graven754 on 07/21/16 at 11:54:16

Title: Alignment
Post by Graven754 on 07/21/16 at 11:54:16

Alrioghty guys i've got a slew of questions and i'm not sure what i need to do.
So, my bikes front wheels has always seemed to not be straight to me for me to go straight my bars have to be ever so slightly turned to the right, thus putting more stress on my left arm then my right arm.
I went to cycle world and a guy showed me to bump it up against a poll or something (like you did a bicycle when you were a kid.) that worked fairly well but i decided i wanted to adjust it a little more. When I did that i hit it against a poll at the gas station near my work.
Then I start going down the road and my frton brake lever wobbles on me when i try to apply it. I look down and see my brake caliper doing a little dance as i go down the road. Once I nursed her home I realized that I had bent my disc brake.
So the problem I'm faced with is, do i just replace the disc brake or does anybody have any idea as to why my wheel isn't right. since i'll be down there i might as well replace what is wrong with the alignment. I know a place I can get a whole wheel and the disc brake and replace it all together but i dont want to do all that and it not even fix it.

Ok guys, sorry for the novel. anything you can tell me to help me with this would make my day guys it really would.

Title: Re: Alignment
Post by verslagen1 on 07/21/16 at 12:15:05

So you got a bent front disc and your bars don't align to the wheel.

You'll need a dial indicator to best straighten the disc.
Best I can think of is off the bike in a truing stand.
use a sharpie to mark highs and lows and apply a force to straighten it.
delicate at best.
If you don't think you can do it, replace it. apply pen oil and heat to break down the loctite before loosening the bolts, they're a beotch.

check your forks for straightness.
loosen the pinch bolts and caps so you can turn the upper fork tubes.
a wobble indicates they're bent. if they're bent the same, point them in the same direction and tighten them up.

If they're not bent, just tighten them up and smile... it's your bars.
Use padding and a pry bar, straighten to match the top tree.

And you can try to see if the frame is bent, but that's more involved.

Title: Re: Alignment
Post by Graven754 on 07/21/16 at 14:34:19

Thank you!.

Title: Re: Alignment
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/21/16 at 15:16:39

You know where all the pinch bolts are?

Title: Re: Alignment
Post by Graven754 on 07/23/16 at 12:02:36

I believe so but if you've got some pictures that would be awesome.

Title: Re: Alignment
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/23/16 at 13:07:24

I don't. But, look on the lower triple tree plate and loosening the axle PINCH bolt would not hurt. There is more than one bolt found down there, study it. Hell, IF I remember..