1979 GS1000S Rear Cariper

[Vmass]

I have a question regarding the alignment of the rear caliper.
and rotor.

Looking at the caliper and rotor from the rear of the bike, you can see the caliper groove where the rotor passes through. In it's released position (on mine), the rotor is not centered in the groove or slot.

It is closer to the inside. Is this correct? I want to make sure I reassembled everything correctly. Everything seems to track well.

I scanned through my pictures of my old 80' cooley, but I didn't have a good shot of it.

I can take a picture later, if needed.

Thanks!

[chuck hahn]

The rotor wont be dead center down the center line of the caliper body Rich. If the brakes are releasing ( which you can pop off the dust cover and watch the pads working ) youre good to go.

Little trick is to pry the pads apart with a screw driver and put a piece of paper in between the pads and rotor and then pump the brakes. Release the pedal and see if the paper will slide out. If the caliper isnt releasing it will have a death grip on the paper.

[Vmass]

Thanks Chuck.

The brakes are grabbing and releasing just fine. It just looked a little odd that the rotor wasn't centered and wanted to check.

[chuck hahn]

I just went and looked at mine. The side closest to the rim sits inboard maybe 1/2 to 3/4 or the rotors width..just slightly off the center line. in other words...looking from the rear of the bike, the body is slightly shifted to the left a tad..is this what you are seeing???

[Vmass]

Looking at it from the rear, the rotor sits closer to the inside of the groove than the outside. There is plenty of clearance. However, it is off center a bit.

[chuck hahn]

Seems to be the normal situation far as I can tell. The 78 1000E is the same way too.

[Vmass]

Seems to be the normal situation far as I can tell. The 78 1000E is the same way too.

Good enough, not going to worry about it.....thanks Chuck.