Has this ever happened to you?

[Gideon]

I just had my front tire changed. While the wheel was off, we noticed the rotor on the right side was loose at the rings where the two halves are joined.  I know they are made to float but not like this. The left side is tight. Both rotors have little brake wear. The bike is a 2003. I purchased it new and had it Triked in 2006.

Several technicians at the dealership looked at it. None of them had ever seen anything like this.

When I replace the rotor, will it affect the braking performance if the left rotor has more wear than the right?     

[hubcapsc]

I've never seen a failure like you describe, glad you caught it 

I've rebuilt my calipers a few times, so I sort of grok how the system operates... there's
not much to the calipers...

I can't relate to how one caliper could be affected in any way by the thickness of
the other caliper's rotor.

Once a rotor gets too thin, there will be too much piston sticking out based on
some informed calculation by some engineer. Or the rotor will be to thin to
stand up to the forces acting upon it, based on some similar informed calculation.

But if both your rotors are "good", I wouldn't think it would matter if they
were exactly the same thickness...

-Mike "mildly informed in a hands-on non-calculus based way  "

[Gryphon Rider]

I can't see how having two rotors of different wear levels will affect anything negatively.  Many motorcycles have rotors on only one side with no handling issues, so even if one brake grabs a little harder than the other, it wouldn't be a safety issue.

[Ricky-D]

There is no reason to replace that rotor.

Eventually all rotors like that will become loose as you have noticed.

However, if you do replace that rotor, please give to me that one you replaced.

I'll pay the shipping.

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[Gideon]

I would like to thank each one of you for your input. I probably am not going to change the rotor just yet.  With the weather getting colder, I won’t be doing too much riding. I’m thinking about replacing it in early spring.

Ricky D.  I will send you an email when I have it removed and we can discuss how to get it to you at that time. I have thought about hitting the connection rings on a hydraulic press to see if I could tighten them.  However, I don’t think it would be worth my time to make a die and not have it work anyway.

God bless and Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

[saddlesore]

I can't help but think that the brake shoes may be stuck on one side. 
Whenever I have the front end apart I clean and grease the pins holding the shoes.  I also check the pistons in the cylinders to make sure they aren't stuck.
Just a thought. 

[98valk]

I be more concerned with the side that is tight. they should be loose also. the sevice manual states one should be able to turn them by hand.