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 25-09-13, 20:06
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Front one to be precise !!!
Love them as an all round tyre , just got 7k kms out of the back but the fronts always WEDGE UP !!! I spoken to a few guys who've turned the tyre round and its worked fine So here's my question ................nawt to do with tyres really !! Can the front wheel on the XTZ be put on ANY WAY ROUND ????? It'd save taking the tyre of ............;much easier job Cheers Phil
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25-09-13, 20:38
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Great question watching for an intelligent response, which I'm not going to provide.
Would help counter tyre creep. |
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25-09-13, 20:55
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I'll give it try anyway, if the spacers are the same each side i can't see why it wouldn't work !!
Then again i'm only a rag arse brickie 
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25-09-13, 21:19
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Looking in the spare parts catalog it looks like there is a very good chance that it will work for the non abs version (the abs has a different hub and space for the abs sensor ring)
The spacers are different left/right so you'll have probably have to keep the spacers int the old order on the axle and the see if it will fit the hub. Should be easy to see if the spacers fir and the brakes aligns or not :-)
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25-09-13, 21:31
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Cheers, i'll take a look tomorrow
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25-09-13, 21:56
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The tyre is directional, so it won't be the right way round if you turn the wheel round! Also bear in mind that if you rotate the wheel the brake pads won't be bedded in as they be working on a different disc.
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26-09-13, 19:09
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I don't know about turning the wheel round but the scalloping effect is normally due to braking into corners. Stop braking - use gears and anticipation and you don't get the scalloping. Also makes you a bit faster and smoother. I consider I have failed if I need to break for a corner now.
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26-09-13, 20:13
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Maybe so Austin, but i've just done 1700kms of Colls and Gorges ,tons of hairpins in 5 days perhaps more than some do in a year and yes i do push it a little hard !!!! but if i didn't brake i'd die
By the way RxR to follow Tarn,Ardeche and Verdon gorges , route de nepoleon, le bonnet..............................and many more
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26-09-13, 20:59
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I've turned E-09 and Army fronts. It does even the wear out. There's no reason why TKC's would be any different. IIRC Tripletom of this parish has done the same with a TKC front, although he did have to sand the direction arrow off to get it through an MOT
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I'm not dead. As for the wheel itself... I haven't had a stock front for a couple of years, but ISTR if you get it the wrong way round it puts the wheel a bit off-centre, too far for the caliper sliders to accommodate. ICBW.
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