I have an 06.

Is there any way to remove the front wheel without losing brake fluid and having to bleed/refill brake line?

For example, I have a subscription to Cyclepedia, and its manual covers not just not just KLX250, but also KLX300 and D-Tracker variants, etc.

Apparently if you have a flexible brake line setup rather than the banjo bolt I have on my 06, you don't have to worry about disconnecting it and losing brake fluid.

Is there anyway I can swap parts or do the front wheel removal procedure differently so that I don't have to remove banjo bolt and lose brake fluid?

Thanks!

 

I have no idea what you're talking about.
I have an 07 (so exactly the same bike) and I do swap the front wheel (because I have 2 sets).
You lift the bike, loosen the lock nuts on the front axel, remove the front axel, replace the wheel, reassemble.
It takes less than 5 minutes.
I don't know why you would touch the brake line.

 

Maybe the procedure in my cyclepedia service manual is just unnecessarily thorough for some reason

So the brake caliper and bolts don't need to be touched at all in order to remove/re-fit the wheel?

When I serviced the forks is the only time I took off the front wheel, so I hadn't tried just doing it without touching the brake caliper and banjo bolt. Cyclepedia just has extra steps I guess.

Thanks for the response!

 

Don't need to remove the caliper to change a wheel. You may need to press the pads apart just a little so the brake rotor fits back in place easily.

 

If you need to press the pads apart, do it with a plastic or wood tool, NOT a flat-blade screwdriver!

 

The only time you would have to bleed the system is if you opened up a brake line or with the wheel off you pumped the brake lever so many times it popped the piston out.

 

I've always used a flat-blade screwdriver. I'll take your word not to do it this way, but why? More likely to fracture a brake pad?

Thanks.

 

Yes.

I usually use bicycle tire levers to pry the pads back that little bit.

 

IDRIDR, One of my early sponsors was EBC brakes. They gave me a nice plastic 'spreader' tool with rounded over edges to keep from grooving/gouging the pads. I've since made several of them out of wood that I rounded over the edges with my router.