caliper issue

[weaselnoze]

yes i have the larger clip. i was refering to the smaller one.  #7 in the fiche and is name pad guide or something... i'll give it another shot tomorrow! thanks for taking the time to help me out

[coll0412]

Well the only other thing that comes to mind is that if the clreance holes on the fork tube got twisted towards the rotor.

The only conclusion I can come up with is the the distince from the mouting bracket to the rotor is too close, and the only thing that controls that is mount on the fork.

[scratch]

Yeah mine dont have the inserts...and they shouldn't matter since the piston would just have to go out a little farther

I went and looked and you're right. I can't even see them. Plus you would want the piston to act directly on the pad for better brake response and feedback anyway.

[weaselnoze]

so i shouldnt worry about the inserts then?

[coll0412]

No, you should still get the inserts.

What side did you crash your bike on? What I am thinking is that is twisted your caliper and is basically pushing it into your roter

[weaselnoze]

the main blow was to the tank/frame on the left side.  the wheel was bent up too.  forks appear to be fine but maybe are skewed some.  i'm gonna tackle it again in a few minutes.  i wonder where the inserts went?!  first time i had the front caliper apart and they arent there? weird.

[weaselnoze]

ok just thought of something and 2000's dont have the inserts.  95's do.  so it changed with the caliper i guess

[Eklipse]

You know what? Mine did the same thing after I had a little accident with my disc lock. It ground the metal tab off, it was sparking and stuff. I straightened that $@!& out, and filed the tab down.

Problem fixed.

[weaselnoze]

sounds like it would work but idk if its really safe.  how much did u file down?