Front Calipers - How to retract more ?

+ 1 on the above.
you could have something in the little passage in the master.
I have had to clean mine out twice now.
a small wet vac works good for this, just remove the cover, stick in the wet vac attachment and suck all the fluid out and refill.

 

:tongue: - Already did !

 

did you take it all apart??
it is easy to miss the dirt that can get trapped in that little passage in the MC, as stated before I had to use a wet vac on mine.
also how did you retract the pistons in the calipers??
they need to all go in at the same time. best to use a old pad and C clamp or auto zone sells a tool for 8 bucks that works great.
I will spin my front wheel tonite and see how much pressure is on it for ya.

 

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I have the same result on my 03 with 7k miles, but I am not going to worry about it. Front wheel about one complete rotation, rear a little more. I still got 45+ mpg on 1st tank of gas, so I assume it is fine or mileage would be lower.
I also stopped using a little rear brake only and felt the front disks to see if they were hot, they were not hot, just warm, to see if they are dragging hard. Rear brake seems warmer on reverse test, only applying front brake. I know they are a linked system, but doesn't seem to be producing excess heat, so I assume the brake dragging is not critical.

 

You are describing normal motorcycle behavior. It is normal for brake pads to touch the rotor when the brakes are not applied. As they wear it will loosen up.

 

All brake pads need to seat. High spots need to be worn down. This situation should get better with miles. 50 to 100 should do it. I like to go easy on the brakes until they seat.

 

I had the exact situation on my 5th gen, turned out to be a sticking piston. Take one caliper off , jack up the front end and spin the wheel. If it spins 3 or more times its not the fitted caliper. Swap em to find out which ones causing the problem .Get the caliper off ,remove pads then pump out the pistons and push back in using thumb pressure only , this will show which piston is sticking . Find the culprit and pump out push back in as many times it takes to free it off. Thats what I did and now mine spins 2-3 times with a good push. It is normal to have dragging pads but the wheel should spin quite freeley.