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Dont be tempted to reuse the seal as the sides deform to the crud in the groove which needs to be super clean, use a dental pick or similar not a dremel brush as the crud is so hard all the brush does is polish it.Any pitting on the piston is bad, new stainless piston and seal about £30 on ebay.Unless you can guarantee to get every last tiny bit of old fluid out dont use dot5.I always warm the caliper before attempting to undo the bleed nipple and use a long 8mm socket with a tee bar so as not to stress it sideways as they snap off very easily
Changing the seal but fortunately the piston looks OK. Lot of difference in prices being charged for 1L of brake fluid.
I always warm the caliper before attempting to undo the bleed nipple and use a long 8mm socket with a tee bar so as not to stress it sideways as they snap off very easily
Just finished fitting new seal and bleeding the front brake. New seal £7.00, 1 litre of DOT 4 £6.00 and the level in the bottle has hardly dropped. The rest is destined for recycling as I'm informed it can't be kept 'cos it absorbs water. Anyone need their brakes topped up?