Question on removing front wheel

[Goat_Herder]

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

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?   

[mstevens]

Check out http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=38349.0 and

[mstevens]

Oh, and have a look at http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=10276.0, too.

[Ddan]

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'

[Goat_Herder]

  Thanks fellows!  Just needed somebody to take me thru the last mile. 

[mitt]

I pull the pads off.

mitt

[Slide Panda]

But when I tried to take the calibers off the rotors, DOH, I couldn't. 

One minor point - they are calipers, not calibers 

[Spidey]

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=10276.0

Did I leave that out of the Tutorial?  I thought it was in there somehwere. 

[DarkStaR]

I pull the pads off.

mitt

Me too.  Take them pads out.

[Speeddog]

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.

[corey]

if you're feelin' nervous, stuff a shop rag between your wheel and caliPer just to be safe