Never let a caliper hang by a brake line. I honestly couldn’t tell you why, but my dad told me that, and later in life my friend who’s a certified mechanic told me the same.
@@amyk9813 yeah that’s what they say, yet everyone has done it and nothing happens. 10mins no prob, when I take my tire to the shop or for an extended amount of time, I’ll zip tie it up
Where the caliper on a sport bike is super light and if you got braided lines I really doubt it’s an issue. On the other hand if the calipers weigh a lot like on a truck or large car I would take the weight off the lines with a zip tie or bungee. Be your own judge but I let them hang by the lines on my sport bikes and loose zero sleep over it.
About 3 weeks ago, I had no skill. And then I dug into the Service Manual, watched a few UA-cam videos, and found your Channel. Your procedure of spinning the wheel, gently squeezing the brake lever, then using velcro to hold the front brake lever in is exactly what I read in my Service Manual. And to be honest, your video is the first I've seen that shows these extra, yet simple steps for seating the pistons and torquing the calipers properly. One other step my Service Manual stated was prior to torquing down the front four pinch bolts is to chock the front wheel and push down the front forks by the handle bars about 4-5 times to seat the axle in the forks before torquing the front pinch bolts.
Thank you for showing the right way to do it! Sweet Jesus, I can’t count the times I’ve commented on big UA-cam channel videos about how you have to center the calipers on the rotor by spinning the wheel and engaging the front brake before you tighten everything down. Sweet mother of god it’s frustrating to watch someone with a million followers that is supposed to know things like this do it wrong.
You want to torque down your front axle nut before you tighten the pinch bolts. Tightening the pinch bolts locks the axle rod in place, meaning that when you torque the axle nut, it won’t be able to clamp the forks fully to where it should be.
Not for this bike with these ohlins, unless there’s a separate tool that im unaware of. One side of the pin (axle, it’s not an axle) acts as a spacer. No leverage on the otherside, once you tighten the nut, it’ll just spin the whole pin. It’s definitely pinch bolts first.
@@adobomoto Oh I see, the suspension on my bike is Sachs and requires the axle be torqued then compress and rebound the fork several times allowing the fork legs to settle in a position that won't cause binding.
Pretty sure you tighten the spindle nut before both sets of pinch bolts otherwise it is very easy to misalign your rotors with the calipers. If the spacers are not compressed before the pinch bolts are tightened it can cause issues. If there is nothing to hold the spindle on one side to keep it from spinning when tightening the spindle nut you just tighten the pinch bolts opposite of the spindle nut, then spindle nut. After spindle and spacers are torqued you then tighten the last pinch bolts on the spindle nut side. This is how I’ve been doing it for years and how I’ve read to do it in several different sport bike shop manuals. Maybe there is something I don’t understand about this bike but I have worked with Olin’s before and it didn’t make any difference in the procedure. Also you should bounce/preload you front suspension a couple times before tightening the last pinch bolts to make sure your forks are properly aligned. You can also hold the spindle with a special tool. That is what those notches on the end of the spindle are for.
The video to a complete newbie would appear you only pulled the brake lever one time to fully engage pistons for caliper alignment.( I know on my bike 3-5 pumps is required) Also just curious why you didnt snug captive pinch bolt to hold axle so you could get correct torque without allowing it to rotate. Next set the front wheel on the ground ( off stand obviously) and compress forks several times to let non-captive leg rotate to find it's natural alignment. Then snug non-captive pinch bolts. After all is snug and aligned I'd suggest manufacturer torque spec applied to brake calipers and pinch bolts. Axle included but that was already tighten to spec at start of process. No disrespect intended thanks for sharing
I had a buddy who had a flat in his bike at home so he took off the front wheel and repaired the flat tyre and brought it back home after fitting the tyre on the bike he forgot to put on the calipers and thats how he is in a wheel chair now
he's literally teaching us everything huh
Never let a caliper hang by a brake line. I honestly couldn’t tell you why, but my dad told me that, and later in life my friend who’s a certified mechanic told me the same.
Yeah I don’t know why either. But a few mins isn’t gonna hurt. Just remount it like i did after i got the wheel out
The reason why is because it can seriously damage the brake line. It makes any mechanic cringe. Use bungee cords if you have nowhere else to put it ☺️
@@amyk9813 yeah that’s what they say, yet everyone has done it and nothing happens.
10mins no prob, when I take my tire to the shop or for an extended amount of time, I’ll zip tie it up
Because were mechanic and we said so! 😂💪🏾
Where the caliper on a sport bike is super light and if you got braided lines I really doubt it’s an issue. On the other hand if the calipers weigh a lot like on a truck or large car I would take the weight off the lines with a zip tie or bungee. Be your own judge but I let them hang by the lines on my sport bikes and loose zero sleep over it.
About 3 weeks ago, I had no skill. And then I dug into the Service Manual, watched a few UA-cam videos, and found your Channel. Your procedure of spinning the wheel, gently squeezing the brake lever, then using velcro to hold the front brake lever in is exactly what I read in my Service Manual. And to be honest, your video is the first I've seen that shows these extra, yet simple steps for seating the pistons and torquing the calipers properly. One other step my Service Manual stated was prior to torquing down the front four pinch bolts is to chock the front wheel and push down the front forks by the handle bars about 4-5 times to seat the axle in the forks before torquing the front pinch bolts.
Thank you for showing the right way to do it! Sweet Jesus, I can’t count the times I’ve commented on big UA-cam channel videos about how you have to center the calipers on the rotor by spinning the wheel and engaging the front brake before you tighten everything down. Sweet mother of god it’s frustrating to watch someone with a million followers that is supposed to know things like this do it wrong.
You want to torque down your front axle nut before you tighten the pinch bolts.
Tightening the pinch bolts locks the axle rod in place, meaning that when you torque the axle nut, it won’t be able to clamp the forks fully to where it should be.
When you are good at something, it gives you permission to talk down to people and treat them like less.
That's what I was forgetting, the pinch bolt. thank you thank you
Tighten the axle then the pinch bolts
Not for this bike with these ohlins, unless there’s a separate tool that im unaware of. One side of the pin (axle, it’s not an axle) acts as a spacer. No leverage on the otherside, once you tighten the nut, it’ll just spin the whole pin. It’s definitely pinch bolts first.
@@adobomoto Oh I see, the suspension on my bike is Sachs and requires the axle be torqued then compress and rebound the fork several times allowing the fork legs to settle in a position that won't cause binding.
Pretty sure you tighten the spindle nut before both sets of pinch bolts otherwise it is very easy to misalign your rotors with the calipers. If the spacers are not compressed before the pinch bolts are tightened it can cause issues. If there is nothing to hold the spindle on one side to keep it from spinning when tightening the spindle nut you just tighten the pinch bolts opposite of the spindle nut, then spindle nut. After spindle and spacers are torqued you then tighten the last pinch bolts on the spindle nut side. This is how I’ve been doing it for years and how I’ve read to do it in several different sport bike shop manuals. Maybe there is something I don’t understand about this bike but I have worked with Olin’s before and it didn’t make any difference in the procedure. Also you should bounce/preload you front suspension a couple times before tightening the last pinch bolts to make sure your forks are properly aligned. You can also hold the spindle with a special tool. That is what those notches on the end of the spindle are for.
@@adobomotoyoud want to torque the pinch bolts on the spacer side, then torque axle, then pinch bolts on nut side
The video to a complete newbie would appear you only pulled the brake lever one time to fully engage pistons for caliper alignment.( I know on my bike 3-5 pumps is required) Also just curious why you didnt snug captive pinch bolt to hold axle so you could get correct torque without allowing it to rotate. Next set the front wheel on the ground ( off stand obviously) and compress forks several times to let non-captive leg rotate to find it's natural alignment. Then snug non-captive pinch bolts. After all is snug and aligned I'd suggest manufacturer torque spec applied to brake calipers and pinch bolts. Axle included but that was already tighten to spec at start of process. No disrespect intended thanks for sharing
I had a buddy who had a flat in his bike at home so he took off the front wheel and repaired the flat tyre and brought it back home after fitting the tyre on the bike he forgot to put on the calipers and thats how he is in a wheel chair now
Bs...how did he not notice a hanging caliper
you are a blessing man !
THANKS MOTO DAD
How often would you do this?
however often you need new tires
What if it’s a hex? And you don’t have any hex tools?
Why did you put pressure on the brake lever,while tightening the caliper bolts. Is this necessary?
thank bro. love you
Do you have to do the thing with the brakes for the rear wheel as well?
Still use bmx frame fork wheels
Only thing missing is aligning fork!
What's the torque specs?
I’m trying to figure that out myself as well!
That loop tho
Ummmm that looks like it takes ALOT more skill than I have 😂😂😂
@adobomoto - what is the torque ratio for the forks and calipers ?
Trying to figure that out myself!
Tighten the axle after the punch bolts are done wtf?!
Well shit a minute of watching i feel.powerrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Im a man!!!!
Most of us call that an AXLE Felecia.
How is your ABS Ring black?🥺
First to like
Isn’t that noise when you spin your front wheel bad?
No, they’re floating rotors
At first Time you get scare but when you finish it correctly, buy a pizza 🍕
A lot of us don’t have no skill? So we do have skill then?
😂
You didn't realign your wheel
nah just grease the hell out of that axle