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Seized brake piston
andy120t:
Good work...my advice was going to be to get a 'sprotor' (horrible word for a sprocket rotor!), then you wouldn't need the front brake. Or divert the build to be a speedway style bike and stick with a rear brake only!
SumpMagnet:
Damn...good work getting that thing out. Can see now why it didn;t want to shift.
I had one stuck piston on my brakes that didn;t want to shift, but it was such a nice feeling when I finally got it to budge, and I could clean out the sludge, gunk and sludge that can build up in a brake caliper given enough time :)
K2-K6:
Good work, they really do keep quite a grip in there with corrosion don't they.
Many of the current cars get similar affects on rear calipers with aluminium construction, no routine servicing (much advice now is to swap calipers when seized) and combined handbrake mechanism and they often get very tight with salt corrosion. They creak like an old galleon when pushed out with the assisted brake pressure on the car. Clean up fine though and reassemble with silicone grease to prevent corrosion, they work as good as new.
That seal groove will need to be very critically cleaned for the caliper to work well when rebuilding.
Bryanj:
At least we can get seals for the bikes, most cars now you cant get kits.
PaulC:
Once again thanks for all the advice and comments. The pop when it finally came out was very satisfying, but it put up a hell of fight! 😀
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