2024 January 4th Week XZBRG News Recommendation – KTM Duke 390: Overhauling brakes & replacing the rear wheel bearing

Both KTM and Bajaj service centers did not have the new part so had to clean and reuse the old seal.

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Next up the rear brakes. I went to a Bajaj dealer and I got a seal kit for a pulsar. Pretty much all Bajaj and dukes use the same rear caliper so it should work, hopefully. I popped into the KTM dealership and got a couple of new front caliper bolts since the old ones looked tired. Once I was back home, I remembered I should have gotten a new battery belt as the one on the bike now was close to breaking. Oh well, there is always a next time.

First step was taking off the wheel. I had never taken off a rear wheel before – I struggled a LOT with it. I just knew for some reason I’d suck at this and I did not disappoint myself heh. Hopefully, I don’t ever have to remove the rear wheel again!

Took off the old rotor and ABS ring. This is 9 years of muck hidden behind the rotor.

Things weren’t so clean on the other side as well. There was a TON of rubber powder? as well as melted rubber.

With the wheels done, I focussed back on the caliper. I made sure I removed the pads and extended the piston as much as possible by pumping on the pedal as much as possible. I pulled out the caliper and found the insides pretty clean with only a few black flakes.