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Install the rotors. Use Locktite blue on the bolts and torque. Then re-balance the wheel. It balances out perfect with no weights needed. Lucky.
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Onto the calipers. Remove pistons (always fun) and clean aluminum oxide from here. Be VERY thorough.
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New kits. Reusing my shims. Yes. They do exist.
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Back on the road.
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Easy way to get the pistons out, use a grease gun! If the piston does not want to move, put a 10mm bolt in the banjo fitting, turn the bleeder valve about 1/2 turn, and put a grease gun on the bleeder. Then pump the handle on the gun and you can see the piston move out! NO shooting across the shop like compressed air, and grease is pretty easy to clean up.Ray Matteis
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I would go easy with the extra grease in the wheel bearings, overpacking sealed bearings may lead to overheating, so I've heard.2H7 (79)
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I was thinking the same thing, but I didn't say it. I have overheated my trailer bearings by over packing them. Usually they spit the excess grease out the seals when they get too hot. You can feel they are too hot. After they have have settled in, then they run at a normal temperature.Originally posted by bikerphil View Post-Mike
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'79 XS1100SF 20k miles
'80 XS1100SG 44k miles
'81 XS1100H Venturer 35k miles
'79 XS750SF 17k miles
'85 Honda V65 Magna ~7k miles
'84 Honda V65 Magna 48k miles (parts bike)
'86 Yamaha VMAX 9k miles
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Good point, I will keep an eye on that. However, trailer wheels use a different type of bearing, spin much faster than a 19" wheel and have much more grease packed into them. My trailer leaks some grease as well. Has the typical "Bearing Buddies" installed. Not a very good seal. I guess they want an over abundance of grease to protect them from when you back them into deep water.
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Lots of talk about this on-line. I will report back after a few thousand miles.
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I've got bearing buddies on my trailer, when I bought it the seals on the back side where blown out from too much grease so I replaced them and managed to blow those out too!1980 XS1100G
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Big swap meet today in Stafford.
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