liam-pantera Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 hey everyone , last month i bought a gusset r rotor off of tartybikes and its ruined allready , when my break apeared to be rubing i took the rotor off the hub and realised the whole rotor had dished its self about 10mm one way and it was buckled in other parts . Now you may be thinking ive abused this rotor and ive been doing crazy gaps and missing sidehops but the funny thing is ive only rode it 3 times since for 30 mins or less and the biggist gap to front i did was 3 foot from flat to a curb . my setup was a avid bb7 2006 with brandnew organic pads 185 gusset rotor has anyone else had any similar problems because this just seems realy weired how ive had 8 other rotors never do this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Try this... take the rotor off and put it on something flat (glass, worktop) and check if it's bowed. Then, put a different rotor on and see if that appears to be warped - my guess is that the hub disc mounts have deformed slightly and that the rotor is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam-pantera Posted May 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 allready done that the rotor is well and truly dished , im curently using another tetrko rotor which is streight as a die . its deffinetly the rotor . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 This happen to a mate of mine and eventually the rotar just went. It was a bb7 to. The only thing we could think of was the disk mounts needed faceing and it was making the pads hit weirdly pushing it and warping it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Strange - feel free to send it back and we'll give warrantying it a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 How is the caliper set up? On BB7s, the rotor should just be brushing the inside pad (one that doesn't move) so you get a more solid feeling on the lever. If you've had it brushing the moving pad, then the brake would've been bending the rotor over to the other pad every time you've pulled the brake. Try leaving it on a flat surface under something heavy overnight (big book, etc) and see if it straightens out. Then set your caliper up so the rotor sits right next to the inside pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam-pantera Posted May 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Strange - feel free to send it back and we'll give warrantying it a go im not so much trying to moan and get a new one its just i cant beleive its happened il take some pictures in a min . as for the caliper set up it was setup corectly as you mentioned above . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Of course... I just think that if it's failed due to a problem with the rotor, then it should be replaced for you. Tell you what, I'll send the pics off to Gusset and I'll see what I can do from there, then let you know if it needs to come back, that ok? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam-pantera Posted May 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 here are the pictures rotor 1 rotor 2 rotor 3 i tried my best to capture how deformed the rotor is , i just cant see why this has happened after 3 short rides . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 So it has actually warped. If your caliper is all align with the rotor when you first put it in, then I have no idea. Does look like the caliper was sat at an angle though, which bent it across? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 jeeez the is well out of shape i was looking at getting one too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26inch Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 probably went wrong when someone wrote gusset on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam-pantera Posted May 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 So it has actually warped. If your caliper is all align with the rotor when you first put it in, then I have no idea. Does look like the caliper was sat at an angle though, which bent it across? yh i set everything up corectly and the pads were flat , i havnt got a clue what happend . and dont give out faith on on these rotors yet , mine might just be a one off but they dont have much mass to them so there not going to be as strong as say a avid rotor . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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