stringman Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Some scumbag tried to.stesl my bike last night and cut through the front discs. So I need to replace both. Is it a matter of just unscrewing the old ones, sliding them out, and sliding the New ones in? Need to do it as quickly and easily as possible. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggy Nate Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, stringman said: Some scumbag tried to.stesl my bike last night and cut through the front discs. So I need to replace both. Is it a matter of just unscrewing the old ones, sliding them out, and sliding the New ones in? Need to do it as quickly and easily as possible. Thanks Simplification but yes. Everything needs to be torqued to spec and sometimes the retaining bolts need a little heat to break the loctite hold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringman Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 Brilliant At least I can do it myself. Just need to find the discs now (uk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petshark Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Sorry to hear about the rotors but happy to hear that they did not succeed. This is so weird. Normally you'd think they'd load it in a van and take their time to remove the locks. Was he going to walk away with it without brakes? Cutting through the rotors can only be done with an angle grinder, right? To make so much noise and go to all that trouble and then fail... What (an) idiot(s)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringman Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 I suspect cut the locks off and wheel it in a van They got one off and made 2 cut on the other before they got disturbed. Was in daylight on a fairly busy road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggy Nate Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 3 hours ago, stringman said: Brilliant At least I can do it myself. Just need to find the discs now (uk) If you were in Oz Iâd give you mine. Got spares in a box. I bloody hate thieves. Should cut off their balls with a blunt spoon. đ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted May 23, 2022 Premium Member Share Posted May 23, 2022 6 hours ago, stringman said: I suspect cut the locks off and wheel it in a van They got one off and made 2 cut on the other before they got disturbed. Was in daylight on a fairly busy road  Wow ballsy and stupid  Did you have 2 locks?  I get depressed when I hear about stuff like this but Feel lucky you don't live in or near Chicago  Cause here theyll wait for you to come back to your bike point a gun at your headand say give me the keys and cell, then after you hand them over they'll ask for your password; then still shoot you!  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Kenny A. Posted May 23, 2022 Supporting Member Share Posted May 23, 2022 Definitely heat retaining bolts when replacing your discs,or you'll end up chewing the bolt heads. Don't ask me how I know that !! đ 1 1 2019 900 GT, 1969 Honda S90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted May 23, 2022 Supporting Member Share Posted May 23, 2022 @stringman - Really sorry to hear about the damage, but thankful the bike wasnât stolen.  Just to clarify, the rotors do just unbolt from the front wheel.  But you canât slide them out with the bike assembled; you will need to remove the front wheel and get it flat on a solid work surface.  I did mine on the garage floor, with an old tire underneath to protect  the wheel & rotor.  The stock rotor bolts will be tight, as they have a lot of threadlock compound on them from the factory.  As others have said, a heat gun will be extremely helpful before attempting to remove the bolts.  Apply steady, constant pressure with a long-handled wrench or breaker bar, and be careful to not round out the hex drive rotor bolt heads.   Itâs not difficult, but youâll want to be careful and take your time.  Good luck!  1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringman Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 Tried to order some genuine errors from fowler about 10days wait and £200+ so ordered some wavy ones from france£ 150. Presume I don't need wavy  pads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 On 5/23/2022 at 8:37 PM, stringman said: Tried to order some genuine errors from fowler about 10days wait and ÂŁ200+ so ordered some wavy ones from franceÂŁ 150. Presume I don't need wavy  pads Standard pads. Itâs depressing to read that bike theft is still so common in the UK. Itâs straight forward to do, but do heed the warnings about using heat and slow, steady torque when removing the bolts. At a pinch you could re-use your old pads if theyâre in good shape and youâre in a hurry. Red 2015 Tracer, UK spec (well, it was until I started messing with it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringman Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 9 hours ago, BBB said: Standard pads. Itâs depressing to read that bike theft is still so common in the UK. Itâs straight forward to do, but do heed the warnings about using heat and slow, steady torque when removing the bolts. At a pinch you could re-use your old pads if theyâre in good shape and youâre in a hurry. I was intending to use the old pads as the bike has only done 8,000 gentle touring miles and time is of the essence  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringman Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Well an update. Ordered some new EBC pads as i thought better safe than sorry. When to pull the bike up on the centre stand and popped my calf muscle! Finally got around to doing it today (hobbling around and sitting down) Got the pads changed super quick and got the wheel off nice and easy. 1 disc came of fine and the second did apart from the last two, applied heat gentle pressure all to no avail they rounded. With it being a Bank holiday in the UK no garages or shops are open. so I attacked the disk with an angle grinder and managed to get the 1st bolt off and then realised if i just cut the heat of the bolt square I could use a spanner to get it off. which I did. Problem is there is some minor damage to the wheel ( see photos) The rotors sit nice and square and dont seem lose ( though i havent tightened them to full torque as i want to fit new screws. Asthetics aside do you think this is ok to use? i really dont want to fork out £500 for a new wheel) On a side note the brakes, again havent been fully torqued but the brake lever feels really spongy and can touch the handlebars. Do you think this will settle or they will need bleeding?  Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted June 2, 2022 Supporting Member Share Posted June 2, 2022 Hi @stringman - Iâm not seeing any photos of the wheel, but as long as the flat machined mating surfaces of the wheel onto the back of the rotors isnât damaged, Iâm sure youâre fine.  This is one of those projects that isnât hard when it goes right, but often gets complicated due to hard-to-remove rotor bolts.  As for the brake feel, assuming you pushed the pistons back into the calipers to fit the new pads, they should pump back up once everything is reattached.  Donât pump on them with the calipers disconnected (not on the rotors) or you can push the pistons all the way out of the caliper. Good luck finishing up⌠sounds like youâre almost there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringman Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 God you're right. I forgot the photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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