China brakes

[lex123]

G'day, I recently finnished putting together my 125cc China fun bike and both the front and rear hydraulic calipers are rubbing. I know these are cheap brakes because only one side is mounted on a piston it would seem.

when i rode it down my drive way i could feel the rubbing trying the throw me over the front everytime i let off the throttle.

How can i get a little clearance? or ajust my breaks?

Link to my bike :'08 125cc ALLOY PIT DIRT BIKE MOTOR TRAIL THUMPSTAR OX5 - eBay Other Trail Bikes, Trail Bikes, Motorcycles, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 05-Dec-07 21:25:00 AEDST)

 

[Worm]

I dont get it... whats rubbing on what?

 

[Le|Garage]

You can fit some washers between the bolts and the front forks.. Should give you some clearance. Worked great on my motard

 

[Mack]

they are self centering. I know its sounds stupid but check first you don't have both pads on the on side. Seen it before. Also on some models the pads have two little tags which can get caught on the caliper body not allowing the centering of both pads.

 

[Worm]

So the pads are rubbing on the disc? lol

 

[lex123]

The pads are both rubbing on the disk. it looks like they are centered but the wheels don't spin freeely. is this just a matter or wearing them down?. seems like a stupid solution and would cause overheating in teh rotor, bt its the only solution i can think of

 

[Squeeby]

Well if it's a matter of wearing them down just take out the pads and rub it on concrete to shave off a mm or whatever it needs. There's probably another cause to your problem though.