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Author Message   Andrejs2112 Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 - 08:26 pm:        I have the front wheel off and the front brake assembly just hanging there. Can I just unscrew the pin and pull the old pads and put in the new ones? Or follow the manual's instructions?   Ratbuell Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 - 08:31 pm:        I'd at least put the caliper back over the rotor, pop the cap loose on the m/c, and wedge the caliper sideways against the rotor to open it up some. New pads will be way thicker, won't fit around the rotor if you leave it in the same position its in now. Just loosen the cover, don't take it off or you'll take a bath when the fluid goes back up the line.   Hughlysses Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 - 08:37 pm:        Be sure and thoroughly clean the brake pistons before you push them back into the caliper and install the new pads. An old T-shirt works well to clean them. It takes a while to do as there's very little clearance to do it around some of the pistons, but if you don't do it you'll have dragging brakes and other problems after you install the new pads. DAMHIK   Andrejs2112 Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 - 08:39 pm:        Thanks for the info. I'll do that.   Jlnance Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 07:44 am:        Can I just unscrew the pin and pull the old pads and put in the new ones? Or follow the manual's instructions? I'm guessing you've already finished. But yes, you can replace the pads with the wheel off. Make sure you compress the pistons in all the way or the pads won't fit over the rotor. Clean as Hugh mentions.   Chadhargis Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 10:06 am:        Before you take out the old pads, you can take a large flat head screwdriver (or any study flat and wide object), stick it in, and rotate it against the pads. This will compress the pistons. (Message edited by chadhargis on January 13, 2009)   Hughlysses Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 11:11 am:        Before you take out the old pads, you can take a large flat head screwdriver (or any study flat and wide object), stick it in, and rotate it against the pads. This will compress the pistons. But if you do that, you will force the brake dust on the pistons back up past the O-rings where it will cause sticking. You could pull the pads, clean the pistons, replace the pads, and then use the screwdriver method to compress the pistons. Cars don't have this problem because there is a rubber boot over the "rubbing surface" of the piston which keeps the brake dust out of the seals.   Andrejs2112 Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 05:26 pm:        I'm guessing you've already finished. : ) I didn't push the pistons in, so I can now take the new pads off, clean the pistons, install the old pads, compress the pistons and then install the new pads...correct? Thanks

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