Front brake sticking on my 87 vt700

[wwonka]

Hi,
the front brake on my 87 vt700c sticking.
could this be something simple or do I need to get it to a shop to fix?

the brake is sticking, i.e staying applied. just slightly.


thanks in advance.

[Big B]

a lil more info would be helpful. and the fix could be either. Have you done anything recently to the brakes? I assume sticking you mean the brake is dragging, staying applied or do you mean the lever is sticking. Like I said, you need to be more specific.

[DaveCarlson]

Take a shoe lace and clean the piston in the caliper. No need to take the brake apart to do this. Just fish the lace around the piston and use a shoe shine/polishing type action. Use some brake cleaner on the lace. If this doesn't work you might need to pull the caliper off and give it a good cleaning and/or rebuild it. Not a real hard job. Good luck, keep us posted!

[wwonka]

thanks for the advice.
I will give it a try and let you know.

Peace