Brake bolt hitting rotor

[dancnman]

I recently rebuilt my front forks and putting it back together, the lower left side caliper bolt hits the rotor when torqued down. I measured to the rotor from the forks on each side and the left side is about 1/8 inch closer to the fork than the right. WTH have i done wrong?

Thanks

[Ricky-D]

You have pushed the fork too far in on the axle. Back it out (the fork) and you will correct the problem. Some say it should be flush with the end of the axle and others point out the is a circumferential line on the end of the axle to indicate the positional relationship between the two parts.

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This means you have to loosen up the two pincher bolts at the bottom of the fork so it can slide on the axle. That's all you have to do. Slide the fork out to the end per the instructions I have already posted above.

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[dancnman]

All I did was torque the axle bolt to spec. Should I release it and try again?

[SCain]

There is a procedure to follow in setting the axle / fork, after a tire change or removal of the front wheel.

[da prez]

Go back over your work. Follow the install procedure. Tighten ,torque ,  bounce according to the book. I have found in some cases where a thin washer is used in that bolt. I have dropped them myself on front end work. I now watch. I also made the same mistake as you.

                 da prez

[RonW]

This is the mark Ricky-D was referring to on the front axle. The manual doesn't specify it as an alignment mark/line, but it's probably what it's for. More here.

[hubcapsc]

All the pictures on all the axle threads seem to have gone the way
of Photo*uckit...

Here's one I found... see how the axle is sticking out a little? It needs
to be flush with the fork leg, not stick out a little...



-Mike

[Chrisj CMA]

All I did was torque the axle bolt to spec. Should I release it and try again?

It needs to be done in the proper sequence.

[indybobm]

I would loosen the pinch bolts on the left fork, pull tbe bottom of tbe fork until it is flush with the end of the axle. Retighten the left pinch bolts. Loosen the right pinch bolts, loosen and retorque the axle bolt. Tighten the right pinch bolts. Should be ok.