This might be a stupid question. Searched the official front wheel removal thread but didn't find what I was looking for.
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=10276.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=10276.0)
07 S2R1K
I was removing the front wheel to put on a new set Pilot Road 2. Jacked up the front end and put the rear on a stand. I then removed the front caliber bolts and the front axel. But when I tried to take the calibers off the rotors, DOH, I couldn't. Apparently there isn't enough clearance between the wheel and the edge of the rotor to remove the caliber... Due to the geometry of setup, it appears that the only way I could take off the calibers is to remove the brake rotors...
Am I over thinking this? ???
Check out http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=38349.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=38349.0) and
Oh, and have a look at http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=10276.0, (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=10276.0,) too.
You just need to push the pistons back into the bores a bit. Make sure you re-set them before you ride or the first time you squeeze the brake, you got nothin'
[thumbsup] Thanks fellows! Just needed somebody to take me thru the last mile.
I pull the pads off.
mitt
Quote from: Goat_Herder on June 16, 2010, 10:26:29 PM
But when I tried to take the calibers off the rotors, DOH, I couldn't.
One minor point - they are calipers, not calibers ;)
Quote from: Goat_Herder on June 16, 2010, 10:26:29 PM
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=10276.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=10276.0)
Did I leave that out of the Tutorial? I thought it was in there somehwere.
Quote from: mitt on June 17, 2010, 07:16:40 AM
I pull the pads off.
mitt
Me too. Take them pads out.
I just twist the caliper like I'm trying to peel it off the rotor.
That pushes the pads back enough to get the caliper off.
if you're feelin' nervous, stuff a shop rag between your wheel and caliPer just to be safe [thumbsup]