Last week i had to remove the front wheel from my xtx and discovered the only way to get it out was to remove the brake pads first, then remove the caliper!! there is so little room between caliper and rim. In my many years of biking i,ve never came accross this

did you have a supermoto in the past? supermotos have this <<problem>>. there is a solve for this. after removing the caliper bolts,take the caliper and turn it on the disc for opening the space between the pads and the disc.then it's easy to put it out.

Not unique in my experience - both my 1989 Ducati Paso and my 2010 Harley Fat Bob had/have this same "problem". Big discs and small rims make it inevitable.

Furthermore, most twin-disc front wheels, even with large rims, will still need at least one caliper removed 'cos there ain't enough room between the two calipers for the rim & tyre to pass through, which was the case with my Suzi GSX1400.

It's not a big hassle though, just whip out the caliper bolts and, like scarab says, twist the caliper on the disc to open up the pads a little, then slide it off.

It's good practice not to let the calipers hang on the hoses while the wheel's out, so tie it or wire it up to take the weight. I use a bungee cord to hang mine up.

A final note, don't over-torque the caliper bolts when you refit them, especially if they screw into the forks - it's easy to strip the threads in the alloy. And a smear of copaslip or graphite grease on the bolt threads will make sure they come out easily next time too.

Cheers,
Dave.

Cheers for the replies, yeah first supermoto & im loving it also have an xjr13 but its usually the xt that gets taken out. roll on summer !!

Am I right to assume from this that the calliper mounting bolts are not sacrificial one use only bolts? I know when removing callipers on my Blade, the bolts "Should" be replaced as they stretch to achieve torque setting.

Correct, you can reuse the bolts but discard and replace if there any damage detected.

D

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Well that's a new one on me I've an 07 XTX and just undo the two bolts and the caliper comes off I've been trying to graft AP 6 pot caliper on and I've had the original tied up out of the way and when I put the original back on just parted the pads and slipped it on two bolts in and happy days.

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=21168

Plus one its pretty easy when u know how .... and make sure all the pots are pushed right in to get it back on again . Oh and becarful not to scratch youre rim

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