should my rear brakes drag slightly?

[Guest]

The stock Bandit caliper on my bandit swingarm fitted to my 80 gs 1100 appears to be dragging slightly. Caliper is rebuilt, pads are new.

What can I adjust to fix this?

[Agemax]

slight drag is common with a rebuilt caliper and new pads, if the wheel turns reasonably easy by hand its ok. once ridden for a few times and everything beds in it will be fine

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Yep, mine have a little contact. The pads just touch the rotor, but not enough to cause any serious drag.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[jwhelan65]

It will eventually go away the more you use it

[81gs1100]

To speed up the procsess I always took some emery cloth and scuffed up the rotor on both sides enough to get rid of the shine, this will also put a stop to that annoying squeal you get once and a while with your brakes.