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hondaman23 · Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:17 pm

when my bike is in neutral is hard to push and my rotor is scrubbing up against something and it looks warped. when my bike is on the stand and i try to turn the wheel it is hard then it gets easy then it gets hard. does anybody have any suggestion on this. somebody told me maybe the bearings

#2 Unread post by **ZooTech** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:20 pm

You weren't doing stunts on the street were you?

hondaman23 · Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:23 pm

no lol it just started doing it today. just normal riding it rode perfect but i could hear it scrubbing

#4 Unread post by **ZooTech** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:24 pm

Are you certain the rear brake isn't damaged or warped?

hondaman23 · Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:26 pm

the brakes worked fine. the rear brake rotor looks warped.

#6 Unread post by **ZooTech** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:38 pm

Try removing the brake caliper assembly and see if the problem subsides. If the rotor is warped it will cause the "hard/easy/hard" condition you described.

hondaman23 · Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:45 pm

ok thanks alot for your help. so i will probably just need a new rotor

hondaman23 · Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:52 pm

just took the caliper off and it made it turn a lot better but it looks like the wheel is warped which i dont know how that happen when it just started today and it hasnt been wrecked any suggestions now

#9 Unread post by **ZooTech** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:57 pm

Well the only way the rear wheel could become damaged without riding the bike or dropping it is if your spokes were seriously out of whack (happened to me on a mountain bike once). This is so unlikely that I wouldn't even entertain the possibility. Are you sure the bike suffered no damage or impacts? Is the rear axle loose?

hondaman23 · Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:01 pm

bike has never been wrecked and spokes are fine. could the bearings cause that because when i took the wheel off the bearings fell out.