warped hayes disc
- Thread starter mirage542
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It's almost like straightening a wheel. With your bike upside down and using adjustable wrenches, try to pry the rotor back into place. If it's really out there, pull on the rotor 'spokes'...a lot easier.
In the end it won't be 100% but it'll get you going again.
In the end it won't be 100% but it'll get you going again.
Grab a crescent wrench, clean the flats thouroughly of metal chips, dust oil etc. Use a solvent. With the rotor on the hub, spin the wheel, watch the rotor enter the caliper, and note where it touches the pads. Now slide the crescent flats (bigger the better) over the outside circumference of the affected area. Pull the rotor away from the pad it touches in small controlled, repeated efforts. This helps minimize cystallization of the metal, and avoids over bending. You may also find that your hub is not a perfect face to your rotor, in which case you could sacrifice the rotors by bending them to fit a crappy hub, or just get a new hub with a straight rotor. You will sacrifice braking power if the rotor is not parallel with the pads.