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…Some people will unbolt the rear drive and remove it WITH the wheel. I believe if you have clearance with the fender for wheel removal that might allow you to leave the caliper in place. I used that removal method once, but I honestly don't recall if I still removed the caliper that time.
Not sure how I feel about being called "strange" and "obtuse" - but then i remembered that as Guzzisti, those appellations likely apply to us all!Of course the caliper needs to be removed to remove the rear wheel. But the problem is the ANCHOR PIN that keeps the caliper from spinning with the wheel - does that need to come out of the swing arm to do it? Because that pin is stuck tight. Rattle gun won't loosen it, and heating it is problematic, because it's a steel pin stuck in a giant aluminum heat sink (the swing arm). Maybe I need a bigger torch? But before I get crazy with it, I thought I'd see if I could just leave it in place and still get the wheel off. The shop manual shows pin removal as a step in removing the rear wheel.So, has anybody been successful removing the rear wheel without removing that pin?
...But once in a while Guzzi people get strange and do things differently for obtuse reasons...
FYI, no signs of rust or lock tight were seen.
Faffi., I clean and lube the splines every time I put a new rear tire on. Easier if you take the whole drive out at the same time. Easier to fit the cush blocks too.