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Front Disc Question - Reversable?

Started by Kepner, April 06, 2009, 09:04:51 AM

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Kepner

I am in the middle of a paint job on my 94' GS. I was trying to take the front disc off (no easy task thanks to LOCK TITE) I ended up breaking off one bolt and stripped another.  >:( My question is since the other side is threaded, am I able to put the disc on the other side and turn the rim around and then just get two more bolts? Does it matter which direction the tire runs? (that could be a stupid question but I wanted to make sure anyway) I'm so close to finishing this thing and now I have to deal with this. It will be nearly impossible to paint around it, not to mention it would look like crap anyway. I know the alternative will be to extract the broken bolt but I was trying to avoid that. Any feed back would be appreciated.

The Buddha

Nope. Wheel has direction of rotation. Heat that bolt stub lightly with a small pencil torch. Grip it and try.
Cool.
Buddha.
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joker79507

I know how you feel about those damn bolts.  I was taking some off my girlfriends ninja 250 rim and it was a pain.  What I did was use the correct allen wrench of course, tapped it in a little more with a hammer and then used a two foot piece of pipe to give me the extra leverage.  Good luck

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