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[Carl Picco]

I wanted to change my front brake pads but the brake pad pin does not come out. I've pulled,tugged, twisted & pried and it won't move. I sprayed all metal contact points with PB Blaster and repeated the tug pull & twist routine & still no movement. Any suggestions how to get it out? Heat? Drill and EZ out? Or give up 7 buy a whole new brake caliper block? (For the want of a pin the brake was lost...) 2nd I tried finding the archives but just wound up in a yahoo loop .. Click here... Any help as to how to review the archive will be welcome help too. Thanks, Carl

[George Evans]

The doohickey was certainly a poor design but the little retainer clip that Kawasaki designed to hold that pin is obviously doing a great job despite your best very efforts to defeat it!! There is a small retainer clip on that pin. It's not on the outside but as I recall just inside the caliper housing. It's been a while since I had one apart. Until you remove that clip you won't be taking that pin out. Once you pull the clip the pin will slide right out. If you go to the parts diagram at buykawasaki.com you will see what I mean. Good luck, George

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Carl Picco wrote: > > I wanted to change my front brake pads but the brake pad pin does not come > out. I've pulled,tugged, twisted & pried and it won't move. I sprayed all > metal contact points with PB Blaster and repeated the tug pull & twist > routine & still no movement. Any suggestions how to get it out? Heat? Drill > and EZ out? Or give up 7 buy a whole new brake caliper block? (For the want > of a pin the brake was lost...) > 2nd I tried finding the archives but just wound up in a yahoo loop .. Click > here... Any help as to how to review the archive will be welcome help too. > Thanks, > > Carl >

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Carl Picco wrote:

> > I wanted to change my front brake pads but the brake pad pin does

not come

> out. I've pulled,tugged, twisted & pried and it won't move. I

sprayed all

> metal contact points with PB Blaster and repeated the tug pull &

twist

> routine & still no movement. Any suggestions how to get it out?

Heat? Drill

> and EZ out? Or give up 7 buy a whole new brake caliper block? (For

the want

> of a pin the brake was lost...) > 2nd I tried finding the archives but just wound up in a yahoo

loop .. Click

> here... Any help as to how to review the archive will be welcome

help too.

> Thanks, > > Carl

Caarl, Chapter 14 of the Clymer manual page 285-287 turn the caliper over and look at the back side There is a small hair-pin holding the pin in Caliper bolts are retorqued to 18ftlbs. revmaatin.

>

[Michael Martin]

Carl, Look at the bottom of this email and click on "Visit Your Group" (It's on the same line as "Unsubscribe" which people often cannot see.) That'll bring up a page with a light blue box in the upper left. Click on "Messages" in that box. Then enter your search term and it'll find the appropriate messages in the archives. Currently there are over 188,000 of them. Maybe there's another way, but this is how I do it. HTH, Mike Martin, Louisville, KY ________________________________ From: Carl Picco Any help as to how to review the archive will be welcome help too. Thanks, Carl _ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Weldon Mcham]

Hi, You can see a list of my groups on Grouply at the link below. Maybe you'll find some you want to join. weldon Here's the link: http://www.grouply.com/register.php?tmg=1755018&vt=25341470 ==================== This message was posted by a fellow group member who uses Grouply instead of email to access this group. Grouply blocks additional invitations from being sent to this group by anyone for 30 days. Group owners can permanently block future invitations. For more on how Grouply maintains privacy and protects you, see http://blog.grouply.com/protect/ . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Carl Picco]

Clip Pin, Clymers instructions, Yes I ve been following them exactly. I m sorry to leave out that info, yes I pulled the retaining pin/clip. The pin itself will not move! It will not turn/rotate. It s as if it s welding or red locktighted in place. I m on the verge of cutting it off & trying to drill it out so I can place a new one there. But for that much time & work I might as well buy a used one. Thanks for the suggestions on how to get into the archives but I just keep getting asked to join the group again and again... Thanks, Carl [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]