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01x1buell
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 06:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

hoe do i get front caliper off of the rotor??? took bolts out but not enough room to slide off of rotor
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Hootowl
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 06:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

pull the pads
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01x1buell
Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 06:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

ahh ok that was what i was doing right now.. thanks i just thought of it to late. i know dumb me im tired and wasnt thinking
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Littlebuggles
Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 04:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Rotate the wheel if the caliper is still giving you fits, there's a magic place in the wheel rotation where it will come off. I've not looked closely enough to figure out what it is that makes it a special place, other than the caliper will come off there.
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 05:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wait. you don't need to remove the caliper to change the pads!

The pads slip out the back once the pin is removed.
Use the old pads as levers to pry the pistons back in so that that new pads fit.

Best design ever!
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01x1buell
Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 06:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yeah i got it i was just being dumb and wasnt thinking
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Rodent
Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 08:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I was on a ride once, and every time I hit the front brake I could hear a metallic slapping sound. Just one slap. If I eased the brake on, no sound. Weird. I pulled into a gas station and looked around. Guess what. I left the caliper bolts loose, they fell out and the whole caliper was swinging around completely free. When I grabbed the brake, it swung around and slapped the forks. WAY SCARY.

Took the paint off the rim all the way around. Damn near a whole bottle of touch up.
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01x1buell
Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 09:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Damn that blows i used loctite and made them nice and tight. I had alot of trouble getting them off. Very tight
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Buellistic
Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 09:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

FRONT ROTOR Class 101, just PM me if you want a copy ...
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Rodent
Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 10:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I just had the front end apart for some reason. New rubber maybe? Can't remember that part, but I got distracted and just forgot to tighten them. I'm sure they were finger tight, that's all. I'll never forget THAT again. Man, if that caliper got bound up or crossed up for some reason and the front wheel locked.....
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01x1buell
Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 11:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ohh yeah that would not be good at all
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