Ducati Monster Forum

Just left the bike at a local Ducati dealer for a service estimate to figure out why the front rotors are rubbing the brake calipers.
The service manager provided a bunch of possible scenarios ... most of which get very costly.
Now I wait for the dreaded phone call with an estimate .... wish me luck.

they can drag a bit ya know.  don't let them charge you much at all.  are they locking up or something?

If you have it done at the dealer.

Well I am relieved.  The dealer was able to correct the problem at no cost.   
As part of putting on new tires the dealer was able to make adjustments and now there is no rubbing.

What "needed" adjustment?

I don't know exactly but they said there was no damage to any of the components.

I also got new tires installed (part of the reason I visited the dealer) and maybe when they put it back together they got things lined up properly.

Anyways I am happy and the bike rode great this afternoon.

+1

From my limited wrenching ability, those rotors just bolt onto the rim.

There isn't anything to "adjust" per se

The only thing that could cause a misalignment would be the axle not being installed all the way through the fork legs and the shoulder of the axle allowing the wheel to be too far to the right.

So that would have been a production issue?


I guess we don't know what year the bike is

nope that can happen anytime the nut is touched.  don't blame the tree when the squirrels fiddle with its nuts.  err... you know what I mean.  hopefully.  /blush

There is a bit of history here which will explain the rubbing. This stuff was on TOB and did not make it over to DMF.

Some background...

About two weeks ago I had a freakish incident which resulted in a bent front axle.  In fact I got a lot of help in the Tech section on TOB on how to investigate/repair.  The result was that I ordered a new axle, got the front wheel checked (its OK).   As an interim solution I borrowed a 695 axle and installed it until my order arrived.

I also happened to need new tires and found a source for tires (from DOCTOR on TOB).  So when the new S2R axle arrived I setup an appointment to get the new tires installed and to swap out the axle for the new one.

I thought this was cool, but when I dropped of the bike the service manager told me that there was some rubbing but the bike rode well.   The service manager said there could be other damage and went through a list of potential issues (forks, etc).  This kind a scared me cos he also gave me some prices.

The happy ending is that it looks like I simply did not do a good job installing the temporary axle and when they put on the new tires and new axle they did a better job.

The bike rode great.

Thanks for your help (again).   A lot of the above info was in TOB but then all the VS stuff happened and now we are all here :)