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How to remove the front brake disc

Started by bombjack, December 10, 2010, 12:01:47 PM

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bombjack

My front disc is worn and needs replacement.
I thougt it would be pretty easy to just remove the five bolts that holds the disc and then replace it. However, no matter how much force I use I can't get any of the bolts loose.   :mad:
What's the best way to loosen the bolts?

Thanks in advance...

English is not my first language. Please ignore grammar and spelling errors. Thanks!

The Buddha

They are in with loctite, use a real wrench, not the allen keys. The right tool is a allen socket with 3/8th drive and a breaker bar with extra long handle. Cool.
Buddha.
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bombjack

Thanks. Got them out now. I don't have an allen socket so I used a steel tube to extend the allen key handle and that did the trick.  :thumb:
English is not my first language. Please ignore grammar and spelling errors. Thanks!

The Buddha

Oh good, you got lucky, it usually does the trick of bending the allen key or busting the tip in the head or mangling the end into a smooth round peg shape or the bolt head into a nice round hole.

In fact the guy that bought my bike and left bad feedback for me asked me to remove the B4 wheel it had on the back after I took it 250 miles to atlanta cos he wanted to save 100 bucks on the B4 wheel. I try to take it off with a proper allen socket and a proper long breaker bar and the tip snaps off in the damn bolt head, flush with the bolt head.

That taught me a very important lesson ... dont pander to fools and try to do what they say.

Cool.
Buddha.
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