Originally Posted by genericbikedude

I wish it was that simple. Just to be clear, the star nut was installed with the edges higher than the center, for lack of better terminology.

Also, I just whacked it back down, then attempted to re-adjust, but got the same problem as soon as I tested the front brakes.

I'm not using a star-nut setting tool, as I don't have one. While this could theoretically be the source of problems, could it be the source of THIS problem?