Post by teffort on May 12, 2007 15:54:46 GMT
As the weather was carp this morning I set about doing a couple of jobs on my Bandit 1200 - fitting a lowering kit (longer dog bones) to bring the ride height down an inch to suit my shorta**e legs and also fitting a Redfox hugger that arrived this week.
Took the rear brake caliper off then removed the rear wheel. Getting the suspension linkage bolts out took some time because space was limited and they seem to have been fitted at the factory with zero grease and were stuck in the spacers but I got them out eventually with an improvised drift. Fitted the new dogbones and used lots of grease on the bolts and spacers, then fitted bracket to inside of swing arm for the new hugger. Then put rear wheel back on and adjusted the chain before fitting the new hugger. That took some time to line up and had to move the exhaust can an inch to tighten one of the bolts but finally got it evenly spaced around the wheel.
On the home stretch now, just need to refit the caliper and tighten the axle nut. Checked the torque settings for torque arm bolt (35Nm) and caliper mounting bolts (30Nm) and refitted them. Was tightening the first caliper mounting bolt when it sheared off. Checked my torque wrench setting and I'd set it to 40 instead of 30 - felt a complete tw*t.
Well light wasn't too good in the garage and I didn't have my specs with me 
)
Decided to leave it then before doing more damage in my anger so I just tightened the axle nut and cleared up the garage.
So what advice would you give on the best way to remove the sheared bolt thread from the caliper housing. It's sheared off about half way along the length of the bolt - I think at the point where it goes into the threaded caliper housing. I don't have an extractor set - is there a way to remove it without? Do you think it's possible to do it in situ - i.e. without having to remove the brake line banjo bolt and drain the system?
Any advice, sympathy, help or comments gratefully received
Took the rear brake caliper off then removed the rear wheel. Getting the suspension linkage bolts out took some time because space was limited and they seem to have been fitted at the factory with zero grease and were stuck in the spacers but I got them out eventually with an improvised drift. Fitted the new dogbones and used lots of grease on the bolts and spacers, then fitted bracket to inside of swing arm for the new hugger. Then put rear wheel back on and adjusted the chain before fitting the new hugger. That took some time to line up and had to move the exhaust can an inch to tighten one of the bolts but finally got it evenly spaced around the wheel.
On the home stretch now, just need to refit the caliper and tighten the axle nut. Checked the torque settings for torque arm bolt (35Nm) and caliper mounting bolts (30Nm) and refitted them. Was tightening the first caliper mounting bolt when it sheared off. Checked my torque wrench setting and I'd set it to 40 instead of 30 - felt a complete tw*t.
Well light wasn't too good in the garage and I didn't have my specs with me 
)Decided to leave it then before doing more damage in my anger so I just tightened the axle nut and cleared up the garage.
So what advice would you give on the best way to remove the sheared bolt thread from the caliper housing. It's sheared off about half way along the length of the bolt - I think at the point where it goes into the threaded caliper housing. I don't have an extractor set - is there a way to remove it without? Do you think it's possible to do it in situ - i.e. without having to remove the brake line banjo bolt and drain the system?
Any advice, sympathy, help or comments gratefully received
