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Again, my bolt grippers did the business again tonight. Disk back plate bolts are really rusted and flaky but they really gripped in and got them off. Go on, treat yourself :evil:
I think you are talking about the four bolts that hold the stone guard for the brake disc in place - in which case, you can change the kin pin bearings without removing them - just follow the guide on tis site - I don't think it suggests you remove them.
I have removed my stone guard as stones kept getting trapped between it and the brake disc, so it kind of did a reverse of it's job!
I used an electric impact gun I have - like a windy gun but using battery power not air. It did a grand job but as Mark says - use a six sided socket so you don't round the edges off the bolt heads and without an impact gun, use heat as Mark says.
Kirkynut
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kirkynut wrote: I think you are talking about the four bolts that hold the stone guard for the brake disc in place - in which case, you can change the kin pin bearings without removing them - just follow the guide on tis site - I don't think it suggests you remove them.
I have removed my stone guard as stones kept getting trapped between it and the brake disc, so it kind of did a reverse of it's job!
I used an electric impact gun I have - like a windy gun but using battery power not air. It did a grand job but as Mark says - use a six sided socket so you don't round the edges off the bolt heads and without an impact gun, use heat as Mark says.
Kirkynut
Cheers. Didn't know it was a stone guard. The guide does not say take it off as such but it does say remove the bolts that hold it on, so I assumed that's what it meant.
I will get rid of it anyway because its flaking away.
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