Front wheel locked up -- Brakes?

[GooberPea]

If your talking about the studs at the bottom of the fork, they come out. Drill and use a reverse helix bit like they sell at Sears.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. I never would've guessed it came out. Guess I'll be stopping by Sears tomorrow. Thanks! Can I just pick up a new stud at the hardware store? Is it a certain "grade" or hardness or anything that I need to look for?

I just love these forums. I was about to go to bed all depressed

 

[BassCliff]

Foolish me. I found the issue

I had put the axle spacers on backwards. The diagram I have seems ambiguous to me. Turns out I picked the wrong way. Anyway, now that they are on correctly, I can tighten the axle nut without squeezing the forks. Hope I didn't screw anything up permanently

Hi Mr. GooberPea,

I did this the first time I took off my front wheel. I got a spacer in the wrong spot, or backwards, or something. I noticed it right away before I started riding it. I could tell the forks were binding up. I couldn't get my caliper reinstalled.

I devise all sorts of things to help me put stuff back together properly. I'll use a sheet of paper, draw a rough diagram, and poke all of the bolts and screws through in the proper place. I'll put a string through nuts, washers, and spacers, etc, to keep them in order. It stinks getting old. The memory is the first thing to go. I forget what the second thing is.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[GooberPea]

Duh. I see it on the schematic now.

I'll order a couple new ones from the bikebandit or somewhere. I just really had no idea they came off so I didn't bother to look.

Everyone on the forums here deserves a round of applause.:clap::clap::clap:

Craig

 

[Steve]

It stinks getting old. The memory is the first thing to go. I forget what the second thing is.

I have always heard that the memory was the second thing to go. :-k

Of course, I can't remember what the first thing is.

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