KTM Duke 390: Overhauling brakes & replacing the rear wheel bearing

Release Time：23 Jan,2024

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20240123/1706010390374247.png" title="1706010390374247.png" alt="6.png"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Both KTM and Bajaj service centers did not have the new part so had to clean and reuse the old seal.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">BHPian SunnyBoi&nbsp;recently shared this with other enthusiasts</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">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.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">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&#39;d suck at this and I did not disappoint myself heh. Hopefully, I don&#39;t ever have to remove the rear wheel again!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Took off the old rotor and ABS ring. This is 9 years of muck hidden behind the rotor.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Things weren&#39;t so clean on the other side as well. There was a TON of rubber powder? as well as melted rubber.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">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.</span></p><p><br/></p>