front brake judder

[Ethelred]

'59 Goldflash, standard SLS brake.

I had a front brake judder which I traced to excessive play between the backplate and the fork lug.
Is this common and is it OK just to shim it as I've done, or should I get some ali-welding done to build it up?

[Topdad]

certainly been posted before and I seem to remember that the cure mentioned then was exactly what you've done regards BobH.

[Billybream]

Hi.
Happened to me, on both std brake plate and replacement TLS, alloy against steel is the cause, I have used packing strip, but unsure about approval for MOT, so had my alloy welded for secure fix.

[kbret]

I had the same problem but the mot tester just pointed it out and passed my bike with no advisories. Made an L shaped packing piece and problem sorted. He gave me an advisory for a slack chain on my other bike so he's not lenient. The chain in fact wasn't slack, would have been on a modern bike but not a royal enfield but just let it go.

[NottsIan]

Don't forget to tighten the big nut on the spindle. If this is loose, the brake plate can rattle which will wear the lug all the quicker.

[mayes]

I did this the same as you on my triton and it passed the m.o.t every year and I had no more problems.Thanks John