My brakes drag so bad this is hard to do. I would have to crack the bleeders probably. Then probaby 2 hours trying to get air out. I have a couple of speed bleeders for a Roadstar. I might see if they will work on this one.
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soooooo, might this be an issue????
you don't have to"crack bleeders" simply stick a screwdriver in there and pry them off the disk...gently.. and lightly... untill they don't rub.. they should never be dragging on the disc enough to prevent free spinning (by hand) rotation.
as for WHY they are dragging... well, I suggest a good cleaning of those pistons "exposed surfaces" before pushing them gently in, with BrakeKleen Spray and an old toothbrush, before things get too bad...
Natural runout on the disc should "bump" the pad enough to make them NEVER be riding on the disc enough to "spin" the wheel freely... you have further thing now to look into, and thank you for making that statement about them, as "little things" like this are vary telling, and important..
Don't bother playing with "speed bleeder install" now, to remedy a problem that is not related to the issue.
with all of that said... a NEW tire will often show/make present things that transpired, and went unknown...
like maybe;
The old tire was scalloped out bad and still was better than this one. I bought both front and rear on Amazon in November. Just got front one on day Wednesday. So i guess there will be no replacement for me.....
not saying it was the cause for the older tire's demise, but I'm sure it didn't help to have dragging brake pads... Like Charlie mentioned relative to the C10, which was notorious for "headshake right after a new tire install", the NEW (C10) tire told the tale of why the old tire, even scalloped never had a"headshake" issue... only when a proper NEW tire was installed did the bearing reveal itself.. again, C14 head bearings are NOT the same, so not an indicator for an issue revealed by a new tire install. The brake thing however, should be dealt with...
best of luck, ride safe...
