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oversize rotor installation
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:25 pm
by davseidman
I've just bought an oversized front rotor, caliper bracket, pads, and
braided brake line for the front. Almost no instructions came with all
of it. Has anyone done this and found any things out of the ordinary I
should be watchful of?
Thanks,
Dave
oversize rotor installation
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:39 pm
by Don Montgomery
Subject: [DSN_KLR650] oversize rotor installation
> I've just bought an oversized front rotor, caliper bracket, pads, and
> braided brake line for the front. Almost no instructions came with all
> of it. Has anyone done this and found any things out of the ordinary I
> should be watchful of?
> Thanks,
> Dave
Things should go together in a logical order/position. Nothing should bind.
Usual torque values. Big improvment.
Don M
oversize rotor installation
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:42 pm
by E.L. Green
--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Don Montgomery" wrote:
> > I've just bought an oversized front rotor, caliper bracket, pads, and
> > braided brake line for the front. Almost no instructions came with all
> > of it. Has anyone done this and found any things out of the ordinary I
> > should be watchful of?
>
> Things should go together in a logical order/position. Nothing
should bind.
> Usual torque values. Big improvment.
You may need to heat the bolts holding on the old rotor with a butane
torch to bust the threadlocker holding those nuts on. Or maybe not.
That's all I can recall from when I did it to my bike.
issues with front brake bleeding resolved
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:20 pm
by clutz003
Thanks to all that responded, truly appreciated.
What worked was to sit on the bike and tilt the bike and move the
handlebars back and forth while squeezing the lever. It took a long
time to get all of the air out but I got there.
I bought the speed bleeders but not so sure that I would
again.......seems like it would not have been much more difficult to
do it with the stock bleeders. I believe that one of them had a
defective valve as the fluid would get sucked back into the valve from
the drain hose upon handle release, defeating the purpose of the speed
bleeders.
Thanks again,
Craig
A18
San Jose CA