| Author | Message | ||
     Fed |
i need a little help with this. the repair manual states removal of caliper and refers to 2-11a which shows disassembly of the caliper. all i want to do is take the wheels off for new tires. is it better(safer)to remove the rotor mount from the wheel or the rotor from the rotor mounting. i don't want to have to drill out bolts from the wheel if they get stuck. thanks in advance .....fed | ||
| Hootowl |
The bolts holding the rotor on are a BITCH to remove. You don't even want to go there. Just back out the caliper bolts. In fact, you may be able to get away with simply removing the pads and then the wheel. Can't remember, but it seems like I have done that before. I know I have to remove the pads to get the caliper off with the wheel still on. | ||
| Buellistic |
Fed: If you want some TECH. HELP "INFO" on this, just PM me and a copy is yours "ASAP" ... | ||
| Fed |
got it....much easier removing the brake rotor to carrier bolts and it just fell off Glad i stopped before stripping out the bolts in the wheel.....thanks for the answers | ||
| Ratbuell |
I'm confused. You're trying to get the wheel off? Usually I just jack up the front end...pull the axle...and drop the wheel down and forward to get it out. If the fender gets in the way I either flex it or remove it. And, um...balance your wheels with EVERYTHING on them that will be spinning as you go down the road. Rotors. Pulley. All of it. The whole thing spins, so the whole thing should be balanced. Think about it. You balance a wheel and tire, with no rotor on it. Who's to say that rotor itself isn't perfectly balanced? Put an unbalanced component on a balanced wheel and spin them together...and you're not balanced anymore. Leave them all attached to each other and balance them as an assembly...well... | ||
| Fed |
the caliper is mounted where most of it was inside the wheel and didn't have enough clearance to pull the wheel out...didn't want to scratch the wheel and couldn't figure out another way other than getting the rotor away from the wheel.... | ||
| Rick_a |
Pull the pads from the caliper. Apply a piece of masking tape on the rim to avoid scratches and remove the caliper...then remove the wheel. For the rear wheel just unbolt the caliper. Leave the rotor bolts alone unless you need to replace them. | ||
| Fahren |
I'll second Rick_a's advice. It's too late for you - you've already removed the rotor bolts. But Rick's is the proper method, as loosening the rotor bolts is riskier than the simple task of taking the pads out. Bear in mind also that the front brakes on an S1W are different than what is shown in the regular S1 shop manual - they are still easy to work with, but different (for anyone like me who works on an S1W using the S1 manual). | ||
| Whitetrashxb |
S1W front brake is diff than S1? | ||
| Blks1l |
I think he means PM caliper VS Nissin, the pad removal is different. |
