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caliper removal; How do i remove rear caliper??
Topic Started: Apr 2 2016, 05:37 PM (354 Views)
Neillds
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sorry chaps how do I remove the rear caliper as time for a brake pad change and good clean?

any pics would be appreciated

Thanks
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Ant P
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It is a pain in the backside, i changed my rear wheel bearings a few months ago. I think you need to lift the back end off the ground, slacken wheel spindle and adjusters. Slide your wheel forward, remove the chain clear of rear wheel. With the spindle removed you can remove your backwheel. The brake mount slides on a peg on the swingarm.
There may be quicker ways i dont know about but this works?
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Monty
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You can change the rear pads with out removing the caliper, pull of the R clip and knock the pin out that holds the pads, pin comes out towards you so use a small nail to tap it out through the spokes, use a driver and gentle push the pads back, they will fall out, fit new knock pin back in fit R clip , pump pedal till solid
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R30Paul
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Its a bit of a faf jiggaling and balancing every thing to get it back together...
A pair of home crafted wedges or bits of wood between the tyre and swing arm can help keep the rear wheel upright...
A Mc Donalds straw between the rear pads keeps em apart and stops em being knocked together by the disk when sliding the rear wheel back in, is easy compressed or pushed back as you insert the rear wheel and can be easily pulled our when done ;-) try it!
You end up sometimes locking up the chain sprocket etc as the rear bracket needs locating on the pin of the swing arm...
Years ago i saw a pic of a modification where a a bit of the bottom of the slot had been cut out - allowing for the caliper bracket to be rotated over the swing arm locating pin, and then slid along - think it was on a ktm, but same bracket... bit drastic.
Or as Monty says remove and clean up, and slide the pads in when almost re assembled...
Edited by R30Paul, Apr 3 2016, 09:48 AM.
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