Sticking rear brake

Hi, My rear brake sticks. I think it is just the lever spring as it does not return all the way up. I can put my foot under it and lift it up and the brake will release.

Or do I have a bigger problem?

check and be sure spring is properly mounted and/or is not broken.bj

How much travel does the brake pedal have?

If your spring is good it might be the brake pads are reaching thier wear limit. Roy

crud and corrosion on the brake pedal pivot?

TexasKZ wrote:

crud and corrosion on the brake pedal pivot?

That's the usual cause. Solution is to remove the brake pedal, clean and lubricate the pivot then reinstall.

The pedal goes down about a third of the way. The brake pads new last year with 3000 miles on them now. Sounds like the pivot needs lube and cleaning will install a new spring as well.

Thanks guys for the help.

When i put the new swingarm on my bike the pedal would barely move. I got it off cleaned up the post and pedal, lubed it up and all is good. If the problem doesn't go away try cleaning out the groove in the caliper where the seal sits. Those seem to get filled up with crud and won't let the piston return back into the caliper.

TexasKZ wrote:

crud and corrosion on the brake pedal pivot?

I took the brake pedal leaver off and removed the pivot. It was dry and full of crud and corrosion. Cleaned and lubed the pivot reinstalled everything. Wow works great now.

Thanks guys