Rear rotor bolts are TIGHT !!

[troop]

OK .. getting ready to install a new rear tire on my F3S. Gonna remove the rotor just in case my local guy needs it off. Get out my 3/8" drive Craftsmen ratchet and 13mm socket. Heat up the bolts a bit to loosen the locktite. No way! Get out my 16" breaker bar and ... crap! Did I just strip out the bolt head?? Pheewww. Nope. I just split the socket!! Nuts to that. Took the wheel down to my co-worker at the hardware store. 13mm impact socket and impact driver made quick work. Damn BRP and their yellow stuff. Probably TQ'd to a crap ton of ft/lb's too.

[ssmcclub]

don't have to take off rotor to install tire

[troop]

Going to a different guy. Wasn't sure. Heard both ways. Oh well, it's off now.

[Peter Aawen]

don't have to take off rotor to install tire

At least a couple of members have reported here that they had rotors bent by ham-fisted tire techs, and IIRC there was at least one other who scored rim damage on top of rotor damage!

So yeah, while you shouldn't need to take the rotor off to remove/install a rear tire, if you don't know & trust implicitly the capabilities of the tire tech doing the job, then it juuust might be a smart move!

Just Sayin'

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

OK .. getting ready to install a new rear tire on my F3S. Gonna remove the rotor just in case my local guy needs it off. Get out my 3/8" drive Craftsmen ratchet and 13mm socket. Heat up the bolts a bit to loosen the locktite. No way! Get out my 16" breaker bar and ... crap! Did I just strip out the bolt head?? Pheewww. Nope. I just split the socket!! Nuts to that. Took the wheel down to my co-worker at the hardware store. 13mm impact socket and impact driver made quick work. Damn BRP and their yellow stuff. Probably TQ'd to a crap ton of ft/lb's too.

BRP is now listed as the largest user of " any type of Thread Locker " .... in the ....WORLD .....JMHO .... Mike

[davev1pa]

At least a couple of members have reported here that they had rotors bent by ham-fisted tire techs, and IIRC there was at least one other who scored rim damage on top of rotor damage!

So yeah, while you shouldn't need to take the rotor off to remove/install a rear tire, if you don't know & trust implicitly the capabilities of the tire tech doing the job, then it juuust might be a smart move!


Just Sayin'

I remove the rear rotor at the request of my tire installer. He did one with and one without and preferred the without rotor. No biggie for me he's got more access to use his tools and that's good enough for me.