Front brake caliper removal on 85 200X

[coolatc]

Is there a trick to removing the front brake caliper off the brake disc. I can certainly remove the 2 bolts that holds it onto the fork, however once it's loose it seems like it's stuck in between the rim and the disc and will not slide out.

Surely I don't have to disconnect the brake line in order to give it more play? The manuals say nothing about this problem?

Anyone seen this problem?

[ATCWRENCH]

unbolt the rim from the hub and move the rim over. this has to be done on all Honda ATC's with a front disk brake.

[atctim]

I find it much easier to just loosen the three nuts that hold on the disk - then the disk slides over enough to get the caliper out. You won't even need to take the nuts the whole way off.

[coolatc]

Thanks for the tips, It's interesting that the Honda service manual don't mention this problem.

[atctim]

It took me many times of forcing out the caliper or just removing the whole axle/hub/tire before I found this little trick. It saves so much time. Just out of curiosity, does anyone else do it this way? Maybe it is common knowledge - maybe it is not???

[jason85atc250r]

thats the way i do it also. i forgot to tighten them once went riding and heard a noise in the front