Originally Posted by
M-323
either the brakes need to be adjusted using the spring-tension adjusters or centering adjuster, or your front wheel has a dishing problem, or your fork is out of alignment.
how do you fix it?
I have an Iron Hose Maverick with disk brakes. When I drop the front wheel back in, if the axle sits properly in slots, then the brakes rub. I have to loosen the wheel, reposition it so one axle is not quite dropped right in, then tighten it there.
I took it back to the store - their answer was, "don't take the front tire off if you can avoid it"
If your fork is out of alignment you can file the drop to correct it (tiny amounts and test often). Or you can shim the other side. I used double sided tape and a thin piece of plastic (from a battery blister pac) for one bike until I could get around to filing the other side. That was ages ago and I never got around to filing it.