1 Rear Brake disc retaining screws - Help & advice please. Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:42 pm
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I know some of you have been over this track before as I've read the posts from the google search of the forum.
I decided to knock off work an hour early today in order to fit the new rear Grimeca rear disk which arrived from Motobins yesterday. I got as far as the two allen head retaining screws which duly wrung off. ( I had ordered replacements with the disk). After removing the exhaust (one stud broke there too ), trying and failing with stud extractors, I proceeded to drill out the heads. Vice grips have not succeeded in budging the remains either and the metal in them is so soft I'm now left with 2 ugly little stumps.
My question is.....should I remove the Final drive and try to drill and tap them out or just mount the new disk on the stumps. The screws seem to only hold the disk in place until the wheel nuts are clamped up as far as I can see.
88KE
I decided to knock off work an hour early today in order to fit the new rear Grimeca rear disk which arrived from Motobins yesterday. I got as far as the two allen head retaining screws which duly wrung off. ( I had ordered replacements with the disk). After removing the exhaust (one stud broke there too ), trying and failing with stud extractors, I proceeded to drill out the heads. Vice grips have not succeeded in budging the remains either and the metal in them is so soft I'm now left with 2 ugly little stumps.
My question is.....should I remove the Final drive and try to drill and tap them out or just mount the new disk on the stumps. The screws seem to only hold the disk in place until the wheel nuts are clamped up as far as I can see.
88KE
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