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Brake Caliper Siezed?

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mike the bike:
And a smidgen of red rubber grease to reassemble it

Drew400:
Thanks again.

I've done this work on an old car and so have some rubber grease and a little experience, unlike most of my other work on this bike (and as evidence by my posts for help).

Cheers,

D.

Drew400:
All done and a rather enjoyable experience (despite Haynes saying leave to the experts).

The fiddliest part was extracting the piston. I pumped it outward before removing the caliper entirely, but it still took alot of effort to remove it entirely. Thankfully there's a threaded centre in my piston, so I could partially screw in a bolt and then clamp the bolt in the vice. Gentle prying with a couple of flat surfaces eventually enticed the blighter out. Next time I'll keep pumping until it all explodes out of the calliper!

Lots of dremmel style cleaning with a brass brush (gently) and then soft polishing heads left a relatively clean innard and o-ring recess. Washing out with brake fluid and a good blast from my mate's air compressor finished the job.

Rubber grease round the new seal and brake fluid everywhere else means it now runs smoothly and, rather importantly, it applies when I pull the brake lever and releases the disc when I release the lever.

Simple things can make one so happy!

D.

Nurse Julie:
Being happy at the slightest success must be a 400/4 owners trait Drew. I now have the horn working after a fair amount of fiddling, to most it would be a trivial mend but for me it's a major success. Just got to get all those wires, clamps and springs back in there now !!!!

Drew400:
Ah, wires. I have some of those in the headlight shell I need to attend to. I'm with you in spirit!

D.

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