Post by haitch on Feb 13, 2023 12:26:52 GMT 10
In an effort to even out the tyre wear a bit I decided to quickly swap the the spare for the pusher. Having removed the pusher once before, to see what was involved. Having done it once, what could go wrong. I would also take the opportunity to exchange the standard Heidenour tube for a heavy duty model.
All was going well for a short time until I got to the brake backing plate removal and stuff began to go south. Both the Brembo caliper and the J Juan Hand brake caliper should be removed and left hanging. Sadly, the J Juan Caliper is retained by 2 Hex dome head bolts. One off which came out and the other decided to strip the hex where the allen head wrench engages.
At this stage the grey matter was thinking how to remove the Brembo Caliper, which shouldn't prove a problem, but I did recall it becoming jambed behind the left shocker and also remembering one bolt was almost directly behind the shock.
So, took the opportunity the remove the Shock from the Lower mount providing better access and to allow the Brembo caliper to swing more out of the way. That proved easy enough with the Brembo caliper now unbolted and out of the way.
Next was removal of the backing plate (this time with the still attached J Juan caliper) which had decided to drop one pad and spring onto the deck. Removal off the backing plate has always been a struggle for me. Firstly requiring one disc Rotor screw to be removed, then the axle pushed out by using a drift and hammer. Following the axle extraction the swing arm on the sc side needs to be spread so the backing plate can drop out and pass through where the disc rotor screw was removed. This was achieved with the still attached parking brake caliper attached.
Now it was off to the workshop to remove the offending dome head screw.
With the pusher wheel now free I could commence changing over the disc rotor and mounting boss to the Spare (soon to become pusher) for refitting.
But, not before trying to figure out how the parking brake went back together (thanks Matt from Ural Australia)
The reattached parking brake now has high tensile hex head bolts holding it on.
The rest is just refitting everything back to running order.
All was going well for a short time until I got to the brake backing plate removal and stuff began to go south. Both the Brembo caliper and the J Juan Hand brake caliper should be removed and left hanging. Sadly, the J Juan Caliper is retained by 2 Hex dome head bolts. One off which came out and the other decided to strip the hex where the allen head wrench engages.
At this stage the grey matter was thinking how to remove the Brembo Caliper, which shouldn't prove a problem, but I did recall it becoming jambed behind the left shocker and also remembering one bolt was almost directly behind the shock.
So, took the opportunity the remove the Shock from the Lower mount providing better access and to allow the Brembo caliper to swing more out of the way. That proved easy enough with the Brembo caliper now unbolted and out of the way.
Next was removal of the backing plate (this time with the still attached J Juan caliper) which had decided to drop one pad and spring onto the deck. Removal off the backing plate has always been a struggle for me. Firstly requiring one disc Rotor screw to be removed, then the axle pushed out by using a drift and hammer. Following the axle extraction the swing arm on the sc side needs to be spread so the backing plate can drop out and pass through where the disc rotor screw was removed. This was achieved with the still attached parking brake caliper attached.
Now it was off to the workshop to remove the offending dome head screw.
With the pusher wheel now free I could commence changing over the disc rotor and mounting boss to the Spare (soon to become pusher) for refitting.
But, not before trying to figure out how the parking brake went back together (thanks Matt from Ural Australia)
The reattached parking brake now has high tensile hex head bolts holding it on.
The rest is just refitting everything back to running order.
