front brake stuck

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dan4011

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• Sep 19, 2004

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i have a cr80, i took the front wheel and forks off of it to get the forks new seals, i have some little brothers that always mess with stuff, one of them pulled my front brake lever in and got the front brake stuck, im trying to get the disk in there but i cant get the pads far enough apart, what should i do, should i pry them apart with something?
thanks

 

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mxmatthew

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• Sep 19, 2004

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yea, carefully pry them apart with a screwdriver or somthing, just be carefull not to put any big gouges in the pads.

 

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dan4011

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thanks, i got them apart using a large flathead and applied steady pressure to slowly get the pads apart, then stuck a metal keychain thing that is a fish and about the same thickness of the rotor in there so if anyone presses the brake again i wont be doing this again.
i havent got my forks back yet and when i was cleaning the fork oil off of my brake is when i noticed this problem.
thanks for the help.

 

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reelrazor

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• Sep 19, 2004

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Take the lever off and hide it until your forks come back.

 

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trojanskin

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I had that same problem, i think i needed to bleed the brakes afterwards too... cant really remember tho.

 

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dan4011

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• Sep 20, 2004

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how exactly do i bleed the brakes?

 

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mxmatthew

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do a search for it, I'm pretty sure i recently read a post about it. It should tell you in your manual to, its easy to do.