Installing Front Wheel - BMW S 1000RR Rider's Manual

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Push brake pads 3 slightly
apart by turning brake caliper 4
back and forth against brake
rotor 5.
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Carefully pull brake calipers
back and outward to remove
them from the brake rotors.
Place motorcycle on an auxil-
iary stand; BMW Motorrad rec-
ommends the BMW Motorrad
rear wheel stand.
Mounting rear-wheel stands
( 158).
Raise front of motorcycle until
the front wheel can turn freely.
BMW Motorrad recommends
the BMW Motorrad front wheel
stand for lifting the motorcycle.
Installing the auxiliary stand on
the front wheel ( 157).
ATTENTION
Incorrect spacing between
the sensor ring and wheel
speed sensor caused by
poorly aligned threaded
bushing in the front
suspension.
Damage to the wheel speed sen-
sor. ABS malfunction.
The left clamp fixes the
threaded bushing in position
and must not be loosened or
removed.
Loosen clamping screws 2.
Remove quick-release axle 1
while supporting wheel.
Roll front wheel forward to re-
move it.

Installing front wheel

WARNING
Use of a wheel which does
not comply with series speci-
fications.
Malfunctions during control inter-
ventions by ABS and DTC.
Please see the information on
the effect of wheel sizes on the
ABS and DTC chassis control
systems at the beginning of
this chapter.