The bolts on my 6" rotor aren't standard hex keys. They sort of resemble a star screw head…what sort of tool do I need to remove these and how much does it cost (roughly)?
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The bolts on my 6" rotor aren't standard hex keys. They sort of resemble a star screw head…what sort of tool do I need to remove these and how much does it cost (roughly)?
Its a torques bit and they're pretty cheap at any tool store. Might find 'em at Home Despot. Definately at Canadian Tire. Or you can come by my place in East Van and I'll lend you mine.
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Thanks boys. I'm only gonna be running a rear brake for the summer, but if I decide to throw a front brake on for the winter how hard is puting the rotor back on gonna be? I've heard that even torque must be applied to all bolts otherwise the rotor will warp?
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Thanks boys. I'm only gonna be running a rear brake for the summer, but if I decide to throw a front brake on for the winter how hard is puting the rotor back on gonna be? I've heard that even torque must be applied to all bolts otherwise the rotor will warp?
All you have to do is tighten the bolts down and it's fine. The bolts are pretty much the same as the hex bolts that are on pretty much everything else on your bike but just a different pattern. The star is very easy to strip though, so be careful. I take rotors off continuously and it's pretty easy.
….just tighten it like changing a car tire right?
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The star is very easy to strip though, so be careful.
torx are not easier to strip, it's just that the ones supplied by hayes are somewhat shallower than normal for clearance so if you are tightening them off the axis there's a tendency to only hit a few of the "stars", resulting in slippage and stripping. using a torx screwdriver is better then the L-shaped ones supplied by hayes.
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go to Canuck Tire and buy the same sized bolts except get them with a hex head.
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go to Canuck Tire and buy the same sized bolts except get them with a hex head.
may not be a good idea if you have a manitou fork. the bolt u may be able to get @ crappy tire will stick out more and hit the fork
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may not be a good idea if you have a manitou fork. the bolt u may be able to get @ crappy tire will stick out more and hit the fork
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