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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:28 am
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A lot of heat to start with as the bloody things are held in with Loctite (stupid idea on BMW's part). Then try the following:
1. Get a 1/4" Allen bit and slightly chamfer the leading edges so that you can feel the head of the bolt when you put the two together. Hammer it in and don't be gentle. This should reshape the head of the allen bolt and get a good grip at the same time as 1/4" is 0.25mm bigger than the 6mm head.
2. Drill the head off. Start with a 6mm drill because you just want to remove the head. The drill should self-centre. Once the heads are off, knock the disc off and file small flats on either side of the bolt to take a 4.5mm or 5mm spanner. Apply a lot more heat to the remains of the allen bolts, then try the spanner. If they still won't come out (unlikely at this point), grip them with a pair of good quality mole (vise) grips.
I've had success with both methods. Do not Loctite the new bolts in. You'll need to order them from a BMW dealer as the head is a non-standard size but clean the blue Loctite off first and apply Copaslip or similar before putting them in. Their only function is to hold the disc in place when you take the wheel off - it's the four big bolts that do the job of keeping everything together when you hit the brake.
1. Get a 1/4" Allen bit and slightly chamfer the leading edges so that you can feel the head of the bolt when you put the two together. Hammer it in and don't be gentle. This should reshape the head of the allen bolt and get a good grip at the same time as 1/4" is 0.25mm bigger than the 6mm head.
2. Drill the head off. Start with a 6mm drill because you just want to remove the head. The drill should self-centre. Once the heads are off, knock the disc off and file small flats on either side of the bolt to take a 4.5mm or 5mm spanner. Apply a lot more heat to the remains of the allen bolts, then try the spanner. If they still won't come out (unlikely at this point), grip them with a pair of good quality mole (vise) grips.
I've had success with both methods. Do not Loctite the new bolts in. You'll need to order them from a BMW dealer as the head is a non-standard size but clean the blue Loctite off first and apply Copaslip or similar before putting them in. Their only function is to hold the disc in place when you take the wheel off - it's the four big bolts that do the job of keeping everything together when you hit the brake.
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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:21 am
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Many thanks for your feedback !
I'm hesitating actually to remove the disk, I'm still searching if I have to change it, I don't find the good value of the thickness.
On the disk is written 0,18", but in millimeters it's 4,5mm, but even at the edge of the disk where it's thicker, it's not that tick... so I don't understand what is the correct value.
I'm hesitating actually to remove the disk, I'm still searching if I have to change it, I don't find the good value of the thickness.
On the disk is written 0,18", but in millimeters it's 4,5mm, but even at the edge of the disk where it's thicker, it's not that tick... so I don't understand what is the correct value.
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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:05 am
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If I recall correctly, BMW say that it's worn out at 4.0mm. Many of us have run discs that are a lot thinner than that without any problem - Charlie99 (I think???) was running one at 3.0mm. As you have the wheel off and are looking at the problem, I'd attend to it now instead of leaving it until later.
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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:14 am
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If you have it, you can hammer a 3/8" drive Torx bit into the screws after heating them(a lot). Torx bits are very hard and seem to have a geometry that bites into the stripped out sides of the Allen hole.
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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:47 am
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Do you know some replacement part for this disk?
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Do you know some replacement part for this disk?
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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Mon Nov 15, 2021 4:46 pm
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Look down this list at tills.deouafnico wrote:Do you know some replacement part for this disk?
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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:30 pm
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I just checked ebay.fr. Some of those sellers are taking the piss - asking almost the same price for a secondhand hand disc as the cost of a new disc.
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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Tue Nov 16, 2021 3:46 am
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Prices seems good on tills !
On ebay I checked too, and some are awful...
On ebay I checked too, and some are awful...
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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:17 am
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There is a firm in Greece called tsuboss. they might be worth a look. Sorry no link but a google search will bring them up.
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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:16 am
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I have never bought a used disc. New EBC discs are good enough price.
I had to change the rear disc on the RS as it escaped the recall for the early slotted rear disc. I used lots of heat before trouching the disc bolts as they were original and in the 35 years. They cam out first shot but the replacements are only hand tight. They only stop the disc falling off if the wheel is removed.
My K1100LT needs new front discs.........
I had to change the rear disc on the RS as it escaped the recall for the early slotted rear disc. I used lots of heat before trouching the disc bolts as they were original and in the 35 years. They cam out first shot but the replacements are only hand tight. They only stop the disc falling off if the wheel is removed.
My K1100LT needs new front discs.........
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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Wed Nov 24, 2021 7:20 am
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You could try Thom Hellebreakers in the Netherlands, he's on Facebook,Twitter,Instagram and messenger,
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Re: Rear brake disk removal? Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:09 am
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Another variation of the methods above if you are unfortunate enough to round out the shallow hex in the countersunk screws holding the disk, you can safely drill out the centre of the screw as the depth of the threaded hole in the hub is greater than the length of screw. Then apply heat and a screw removal tool.
Note that this advice is based on my experience when replacing the rear disk on my K1100LT where I was lucky enough to get one out and then was able to measure hole depth versus screw length before attacking the other with the drill. I assume the K100/75 set up is the same.
The common theme is heat.
I was able to buy replacement screws of the right length in stainless at my local bolt shop. As others have noted I then installed them with anti seize and just nipped up by hand.
Note that this advice is based on my experience when replacing the rear disk on my K1100LT where I was lucky enough to get one out and then was able to measure hole depth versus screw length before attacking the other with the drill. I assume the K100/75 set up is the same.
The common theme is heat.
I was able to buy replacement screws of the right length in stainless at my local bolt shop. As others have noted I then installed them with anti seize and just nipped up by hand.
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