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Title: HEEEEEEEEEEEY SITE BOSSES!!!!
Post by: sanityfree on March 16, 2004, 11:12:29 PM
can we ('we' being the ignorant newbies who are chickens when it comes to servicing our babies) get a quick how-to crash course on how to take the wheels, rotors, and calipers off? i need to know fairly soon, and i'm sure there are others who could benefit from said knowledge...
Title: HEEEEEEEEEEEY SITE BOSSES!!!!
Post by: bbanjo on March 17, 2004, 05:40:51 AM
The How To Do Everything to your GS500 wheel rotor and caliper (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0892878339/ref=nosim/gstwincom)
Title: HEEEEEEEEEEEY SITE BOSSES!!!!
Post by: bbanjo on March 17, 2004, 05:52:02 AM
j/k  :dunno:

I think that it would actually take longer to write it out, than to actually do it. Joris may have a tear down on the rear in his GSXR wheel how-to on  bikepower.net.

The trickiest part on the front is levitating the front wheel to have enough room to drop the wheel. The rest is loosening bolts, literally.

Here's what I built to work on my front end.

Front end stand (http://www.micapeak.com/bike/FJR1300/howto/frontstand.html)
Title: HEEEEEEEEEEEY SITE BOSSES!!!!
Post by: sanityfree on March 17, 2004, 11:24:35 AM
so i would put the front end under a stand like that, or on jack stands, and leave the rear end held up by the centerstand?
Title: HEEEEEEEEEEEY SITE BOSSES!!!!
Post by: Richard UK on March 17, 2004, 12:06:44 PM
Put the machine on the centre stand and prop up the machine with bricks or wood under the motor's sump.  Otherwise, if you take the front wheel off it will sit quietly for a while, then lunge forward onto the front forks and try to kill you.  Don't ask me how I know.  :oops:
Title: HEEEEEEEEEEEY SITE BOSSES!!!!
Post by: sanityfree on March 17, 2004, 01:22:56 PM
motor's sump? oil pan? remember to use idiot terms when you talk to me...
Title: HEEEEEEEEEEEY SITE BOSSES!!!!
Post by: john on March 17, 2004, 01:34:44 PM
Quote from: bbanjoThe How To Do Everything to your GS500 wheel rotor and caliper

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :thumb:

I knew there was a reason we still let you post here  :lol: