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Hi Guys, been a while…
I’m attempting to revive and run the dual calipers that my 73 TX650 came with, I’ve re-plumbed the lines with hard-lines going to a splitter and then a flexible line to the master cylinder.
So, my question is, how does one remove the front tire/rime without disconnecting the left side caliper?
The caliper inside face to face distance is approximately 54mm, and the rim width 70mm preventing the tire/rim from dropping straight down.
The only way I can seemingly remove the tire is to rotate the left side caliper on the top stud to clear the left rotor and then fight like crazy with a combination of wiggling the rim, and cursing to slide it past the right rotor/right-side caliper.
Rotating the left caliper to the amount shown to clear the left rotor, requires it to be disconnected at the caliper. A flexible line wouldn’t help as the connection (blue plug in the photo below) would still interfere with the fork and still need to be disconnected at the caliper. Essentially at this point you have removed the left caliper, and need to re-bleed the system.
So, long story short, is it common practice to have to disconnect (or remove) the left side caliper (ie disconnect the hydraulics at the caliper) when removing the front tire/rim on early dual calipers?
Edit: clarified disconnecting at the caliper...
I’m attempting to revive and run the dual calipers that my 73 TX650 came with, I’ve re-plumbed the lines with hard-lines going to a splitter and then a flexible line to the master cylinder.
So, my question is, how does one remove the front tire/rime without disconnecting the left side caliper?
The caliper inside face to face distance is approximately 54mm, and the rim width 70mm preventing the tire/rim from dropping straight down.
The only way I can seemingly remove the tire is to rotate the left side caliper on the top stud to clear the left rotor and then fight like crazy with a combination of wiggling the rim, and cursing to slide it past the right rotor/right-side caliper.
Rotating the left caliper to the amount shown to clear the left rotor, requires it to be disconnected at the caliper. A flexible line wouldn’t help as the connection (blue plug in the photo below) would still interfere with the fork and still need to be disconnected at the caliper. Essentially at this point you have removed the left caliper, and need to re-bleed the system.
So, long story short, is it common practice to have to disconnect (or remove) the left side caliper (ie disconnect the hydraulics at the caliper) when removing the front tire/rim on early dual calipers?
Edit: clarified disconnecting at the caliper...
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