With the back end rebuild completed I've had my '03 K1200RS up on a jack under the engine block and on the center stand/rear wheel for about a week while removing the original front shock and installing a low mileage unit fresh from a EPM Performance rebuild and
cosmetically re-finishing my lower fork legs and installing new seals, dust covers, fork oil and a Hyperpro steering dampener etc.
I have both the factory service manual and the Clymer.
When I removed the front wheel I had a long struggle to get the brake calipers free - they were "interlocked" between the rotor and the wheel rim. The manuals are not much help, offering only "remove both brake calipers". After 30 minutes of playing with the right hand caliper I was frustrated and right on the verge of removing the 5 fasteners holding the rotor to the wheel hub when the right caliper came free and then I repeated the whole long, tedious process of twisting, pulling, fiddling, sliding with the left side caliper to free it.
Now I'm ready to put everything back in place and I'm not looking forward to repeating the brake caliper ordeal.
Does anyone have a technique or specific method to get the front calipers off/on?
What am I doing wrong?
cosmetically re-finishing my lower fork legs and installing new seals, dust covers, fork oil and a Hyperpro steering dampener etc.
I have both the factory service manual and the Clymer.
When I removed the front wheel I had a long struggle to get the brake calipers free - they were "interlocked" between the rotor and the wheel rim. The manuals are not much help, offering only "remove both brake calipers". After 30 minutes of playing with the right hand caliper I was frustrated and right on the verge of removing the 5 fasteners holding the rotor to the wheel hub when the right caliper came free and then I repeated the whole long, tedious process of twisting, pulling, fiddling, sliding with the left side caliper to free it.
Now I'm ready to put everything back in place and I'm not looking forward to repeating the brake caliper ordeal.
Does anyone have a technique or specific method to get the front calipers off/on?
What am I doing wrong?
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