I have experience with wrenching on my cars and bicycles. I'm assuming the process is somewhat similar to a bicycle. What tools are the must haves and I tried to look for a post with step by step by I'm on my iPad and no luck.
I'd start by getting your hands on a shop manual. It's not a car or a bicycle but if you have the manual and some wrenching experience you should be good to go. What year is your bike?
There's a whole lot of things that can go really wrong if you mess this up. The owner's manual covers the basics of removing each wheel. If you don't feel comfortable with doing it after reading through the material, you should probably have someone knowledgeable do it the first time while you watch. No offence, but you can mess up the ABS system and many other things, as others have found out.
You really should get the the REPROM from the dealer or from this forum, and you should refer to your owner's manual for torque values.
Whatever you do, do NOT loosen the left side pinch bolts on the front axle. That could be your biggest mistake of the year.
Both:
Torque wrenches.
Wheel stands.
Set of Torx wrenches from T-25 to T-50.
Rear:
34 mm socket for a 1/2" wrench.
10 & 13mm open ended wrenches for the adjusting hex nuts on the stock axle holder.
Front:
13mm socket to remove brake caliper bolts.
T-45 socket to loosen RIGHT side axle pinch bolts.
22mm external hex socket for the axle. There are sources that have multiple stepped devices like this (Motorcycle Superstore is one) or the ass end of a 13/16 spark plug socket fits as well.
You really should get the the REPROM from the dealer or from this forum, and you should refer to your owner's manual for torque values.
Whatever you do, do NOT loosen the left side pinch bolts on the front axle. That could be your biggest mistake of the year.
Both:
Torque wrenches.
Wheel stands.
Set of Torx wrenches from T-25 to T-50.
Rear:
34 mm socket for a 1/2" wrench.
10 & 13mm open ended wrenches for the adjusting hex nuts on the stock axle holder.
Front:
13mm socket to remove brake caliper bolts.
T-45 socket to loosen RIGHT side axle pinch bolts.
22mm external hex socket for the axle. There are sources that have multiple stepped devices like this (Motorcycle Superstore is one) or the ass end of a 13/16 spark plug socket fits as well.
People love to loosen the left side and make the receiving end of the axle get all wonky. Then they torque it all down and surprise, the wheel is not centered and they have ABS/DTC issues due to the wheel speed sensor spacing.
Leave the left side alone. You only need to undo the pinch bolts on the right to remove axle.
An experienced racer installed his tc ring on the wrong side while most likely in a rush for race. This is what happens when your use to abs and it's not there..... 1:25 for the impatient
I was out there that day. That is not a case of being used to ABS and then it not working. Yes, supposedly wheel was put on incorrectly but brakes were not working until too late as you can see by closing speed.
OK now I'm confused, How do we find the center? :grin2:
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