| Author | Message | ||
     Freeflyer |
Hello, I went to take out the glide pin to remove pads on front and the 5mm hex was sloppy in the bolt, 5.5 was too big, Im afraid if i crank any harder its just going to round out so I may have to use an easy out, I dont know why this thing was torqued so tight. I called harley and they told me it is not a special tool or size and that it should just be a 5mm hex. Is there any thing special about replacing rotor and pads that an unexperienced bike mechanic should know? thanks Dan | ||
| Patrickh |
I never had a problem with the caliper, but the rotors themselves were a son of a gun. It took forever to get the floating disc's apart. I needed to use an impact wrench (hand) and a torch to loosen the bolts. I reassembled them with anti-sieze and I never had any problems since. Also, the caliper only comes off the rotor one way, I had to lay on the ground and fiddle with the angle of the caliper to get it to clear so I could take off the wheel. If you have ever installed a race header from the factory you'll know what I am talking about. | ||
| Freeflyer |
Well it will be alittle easier, I bought the whole rotor assembly so its just the 5 bolts, SO for now Im waiting for the new pin/bolt which should be here monday so I can try to get the original one out which will be a mess when it hopefully comes out. Are there any tricks to getting the wheel of or is it as easy as it should be. | ||
| M2ed |
use standard, not metric tools! | ||
| 1313 |
use standard, not metric tools!  The glide pin on a Nissin front caliper should be metric as Nissin is a Japanese company and as pretty much all Japanese companies do they only do metric. On the PM front caliper (much earlier bikes than an '02) it is standard. I think there is some kind of threadlocking compound from when Nissin assembles the caliper assembly that my require a little localized heat where the threads of the pin are in the caliper. Do not use too much heat as heating brake fluid is never a good idea and keep it localized to the area where the threads are. I remember this bolt taking what seemed like extra effort to remove on brand new calipers which is why I am assuming a threadlock compound was used by Nissin. My $.02, 1313 | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
I think I had to whack mine with a hammer-driven impact wrench to get it out the first time. It IS metric. | ||
| Bigdaddy |
A little heat will probably work,,,if you have some of the abrasive hand cleaner, not the creamy stuff, dip the head of your wrench in it. Surprisingly enough it works. G2 |
