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Discussion in 'Motorcycle Tech Talk' started by lucky, May 4, 2013.

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  1. lucky

    lucky Active Member

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    I want to put a chrome rotor on front of my Deluxe which do you think is better a floating or solid one?
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    Floating is always a better choice especially if you ride hard and heat brakes higher than an easy rider. I went to a floating rotor on the front of my Fatboy last year and frankly don't feel a difference from my stock solid one. But it does look cooler! JMO
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    My 2012 SE has full floating rotors and they are warped. Took the bike in to the dealer yesterday and they said the rotors are one point out from being warranties. Think I'll take a dead blow and smack em then they will be out of spec. Maddog had the same problem with his and finally got them replaced under warranty.
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    Wow I'm glad I kept my original one. What is the symptom????
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    There's a difference between Floating rotors and Full Floating rotors...I would guess the CVO's are Floating...because I think there would be a lot of noise complaints if Full Floaters were used...JMHO

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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Hard shacking at the bars when applying the front brake.
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    Floaters shouldnt get that period. I'd raise hell with HD to get it fixed. That's BS despite their requirements. Japbikes don't get that ever. (They have floaters )
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    I plan on taking it to another dealer
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    Dealer you bought bike from should take care of you. You bought a premium bike for crying out loud. All my years of street racing and hard front brake use on foreign bikes I never got that. It ain't right brother.
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    Took it to another dealer today. Service manager took it around the parking lot came back in and and there bad and need replacing. Set an appointment up and they will replace them under warranty.
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    Excellent!
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    So the lazy cheap ass dealer gets away without having to fix it...that ain't right!! I'd be bitchin to someone about someone!!! :fight:

    Aloha...Mike
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    I put floaters on my 05 Fatboy right after I bought it in 04, Me thinks they are great, brake pads wear better too.
    I haven't put them on my 08 glide yet, price has gone up since 04.
    I did replace pads the other day got 21,500 miles out of the stock ones, back was almost gone fronts about 1/2 gone. Easiest brake job I've every done on anything about 2 hours for all three brakes, I replaced with Lydall Z pads.
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    replaced oem front springs w/progressive mono shocks. told dealer 12 flhtc the front end shudder when applying front brakes at 80mph. tech sezs rotors had hard spots. replaced rotors under warranty seems better . replacing the front shocks the front end doesn't have that dive and r much better good bang fer da buck. also installed progressive stablizer now that is a gr8 idea bang fer da buck is mucho better.
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    My front tire (original) has almost 19,000 on it and feels really weird in corners so when they do the rotors on mine under warranty I'm going to have a new tire put on. They said the brake pads looked good.
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    That's pretty much maxed on the front did both after 17000 in mine


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    Yea it's really feeling squirrelly in the front end, time for it to go.
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    Never heard of floating or full floating rotors before. Now turds . . . that's something else.
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    Standard Motorcycle Rotors
    Normal motorcycle rotors are bolted directly to the wheel. While this works, it also prevents the rotor from expanding and contracting properly as it heats up from the application of the brakes. If the brake rotor gets hot enough, it will eventually warp, requiring its replacement. Most cheaper motorcycles, as well as cruisers, still utilize conventional rotors.

    Floating Rotors
    In order to reduce the tendency of rotors to warp and allow them to expand and contract without warping as they heat and cool, engineers developed floating rotors. Rather than being bolted directly to the wheel, floating rotors are bolted to a rotor carrier; the carrier is then bolted to the wheel. There are full floating rotors and floating rotors. Floating rotors are riveted solidly to the carrier, whereas full float rotors are bolted to the carrier, with a small amount of play between the rotor and the carrier. Full floating rotors can resist warping very well, since they are free to move as the metal expands. However, full floating rotors tend to a rattle a bit, due to the added clearance. Almost all high-performance motorcycles use some type of floating rotor.
    FLHTbiker, May 6, 2013
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