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Removing Front Wheel without scratching the rim w/calipers
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<blockquote data-quote="garyahouse" data-source="post: 1160492" data-attributes="member: 20946"><p>I have a Gen 1 and did this just recently. I know what you mean about hitting the rims. In order to get the calipers off, they will indeed hit the rims if you don't open the calipers up a little. You said you tried this. I'm wondering, how MUCH did you open them? There is no other easy way, aside form doing some disassembly that you DON'T want to do. Trust me, it's just not necessary.</p><p></p><p>As you probably know, you need to be careful with the volume of fluid in the master cylinder reservoir when spreading the calipers. It causes the level to rise. When I did mine, I used my Mighty Vac to suck most of the fluid out of the reservoir before removing the calipers as I decided to flush the system at the same time. You ought to be flushing all hydraulic fluids about once every year or two anyway.</p><p></p><p>--So, I laid an old terry cloth towel over the rim, <u>pulled the calipers out until they ALMOST hit the rims, then gently jacked them back and forth using the disk itself like a pry bar to open them.</u> Once they were open about 3/8 of an inch, the calipers slid right off. They'll need to be touching the rim (actually the towel in my case) to be able to jiggle them off. This is the way they were designed. Those are some big disks. I hung the calipers with wire from the mirrors afterwards while I was removing the front tire. Below are the calipers just-a-hangin' while I was preparing to rebuild the forks.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z351/garyahouse/Fork%20and%20caliper%20rebuild/IMG_0046.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Hope that helps.</p><p></p><p>Gary</p><p></p><p>darksider #44</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="garyahouse, post: 1160492, member: 20946"] I have a Gen 1 and did this just recently. I know what you mean about hitting the rims. In order to get the calipers off, they will indeed hit the rims if you don't open the calipers up a little. You said you tried this. I'm wondering, how MUCH did you open them? There is no other easy way, aside form doing some disassembly that you DON'T want to do. Trust me, it's just not necessary. As you probably know, you need to be careful with the volume of fluid in the master cylinder reservoir when spreading the calipers. It causes the level to rise. When I did mine, I used my Mighty Vac to suck most of the fluid out of the reservoir before removing the calipers as I decided to flush the system at the same time. You ought to be flushing all hydraulic fluids about once every year or two anyway. --So, I laid an old terry cloth towel over the rim, [U]pulled the calipers out until they ALMOST hit the rims, then gently jacked them back and forth using the disk itself like a pry bar to open them.[/U] Once they were open about 3/8 of an inch, the calipers slid right off. They'll need to be touching the rim (actually the towel in my case) to be able to jiggle them off. This is the way they were designed. Those are some big disks. I hung the calipers with wire from the mirrors afterwards while I was removing the front tire. Below are the calipers just-a-hangin' while I was preparing to rebuild the forks. [IMG]https://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z351/garyahouse/Fork%20and%20caliper%20rebuild/IMG_0046.jpg[/IMG] Hope that helps. Gary darksider #44 [/QUOTE]
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