1 Rear Brake Calliper Overhaul K-100 RS Wed Apr 12, 2023 11:41 pm
Dinosaur
active member
Hi Krew,
I hope someone has been down the path I am taking - installing an overhaul kit in the rear brake on the K100RS.
I am trying to remove the two 8mm hex bolts holding the calliper together (the ones the drive spline video says not to undo when removing the calliper from the drive tube) and I have had no success.
I have successfully removed the calliper off the bike without trouble. I have sprayed the ends of the screws in a good quality penetrating fluid (Inox) and left that to soak in overnight. I have resorted to using a rattle gun (110nM) but they are not moving, except for a tiny fraction as if the seal was cracked, so I decided not to get too ambitious in case I wrenched the head off the bolt.
I believe these bolts should be tightened to 32nM but if they were, they should have come out easily at the torque setting I used.
Any suggestions?
Doug
I hope someone has been down the path I am taking - installing an overhaul kit in the rear brake on the K100RS.
I am trying to remove the two 8mm hex bolts holding the calliper together (the ones the drive spline video says not to undo when removing the calliper from the drive tube) and I have had no success.
I have successfully removed the calliper off the bike without trouble. I have sprayed the ends of the screws in a good quality penetrating fluid (Inox) and left that to soak in overnight. I have resorted to using a rattle gun (110nM) but they are not moving, except for a tiny fraction as if the seal was cracked, so I decided not to get too ambitious in case I wrenched the head off the bolt.
I believe these bolts should be tightened to 32nM but if they were, they should have come out easily at the torque setting I used.
Any suggestions?
Doug
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1985 K-100RS #0084201 & 2007 K-1200 GTSE