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Author Message   01x1buell Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 06:03 pm:        hoe do i get front caliper off of the rotor??? took bolts out but not enough room to slide off of rotor   Hootowl Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 06:05 pm:        pull the pads   01x1buell Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 06:06 pm:        ahh ok that was what i was doing right now.. thanks i just thought of it to late. i know dumb me im tired and wasnt thinking   Littlebuggles Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 04:16 am:        Rotate the wheel if the caliper is still giving you fits, there's a magic place in the wheel rotation where it will come off. I've not looked closely enough to figure out what it is that makes it a special place, other than the caliper will come off there.   Natexlh1000 Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 05:42 am:        Wait. you don't need to remove the caliper to change the pads! The pads slip out the back once the pin is removed. Use the old pads as levers to pry the pistons back in so that that new pads fit. Best design ever!   01x1buell Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 06:44 am:        Yeah i got it i was just being dumb and wasnt thinking   Rodent Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 08:38 am:        I was on a ride once, and every time I hit the front brake I could hear a metallic slapping sound. Just one slap. If I eased the brake on, no sound. Weird. I pulled into a gas station and looked around. Guess what. I left the caliper bolts loose, they fell out and the whole caliper was swinging around completely free. When I grabbed the brake, it swung around and slapped the forks. WAY SCARY. Took the paint off the rim all the way around. Damn near a whole bottle of touch up.   01x1buell Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 09:11 am:        Damn that blows i used loctite and made them nice and tight. I had alot of trouble getting them off. Very tight   Buellistic Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 09:25 am:        FRONT ROTOR Class 101, just PM me if you want a copy ...   Rodent Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 10:51 am:        I just had the front end apart for some reason. New rubber maybe? Can't remember that part, but I got distracted and just forgot to tighten them. I'm sure they were finger tight, that's all. I'll never forget THAT again. Man, if that caliper got bound up or crossed up for some reason and the front wheel locked.....   01x1buell Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 11:08 am:        Ohh yeah that would not be good at all

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