Caliper rebuild

**long stroke** · 4th June 2010, 07:40 PM

Gotta love the last minute rush

Once the seals are seated properly, a light smere of rubber greese or brake fluid should allow the piston to slide in easily, make sure when sliding the piston in that it is going in squarly, if it is slightly off it can jag the seal and you will have problams

CHEERS TIM.

Originally Posted by mattg

Not so fast.

Last thing I had to do at 2:30 this morning to get it ready to drive to Coffs today was bleed the brakes. Not a good time of day to discover that I buggered up one of the calipers and refitted the old seal and ripped it on the way in just for kicks. I have now bought another set of seals and will have another go. any tips on getting the Piston back in without catching the seal on the way in?

CHeers

Matt

mattg · 5th June 2010, 07:55 PM

Well

Next instalment.

I have found out the hard way that the main seal has a tapper so you need to make sure firstly that your seal has the same tapper.

The first problem I had was that my first seal had the Taper but I put it in Upside down I then forced the piston in and ripped the seal. It Leaked...

Secondly I was sold another kit but try as I could T just could not get that piston in. Guess what no taper. I will try and get a Macro photo so you can see the difference.

Once I have worked it all up I will post some Picks.

Cheers

Matt

mattg · 8th June 2010, 07:22 PM

Hi again.

Found out Brit part seals can have a variance of half a mm. handy. not looking good for brit part again

mattg · 16th February 2011, 08:22 PM

WELL.

after all of that work on the calipers the drivers side has worn its pads to teh disc and the passenger hardly at all.

not happy Jan.

Anyone else had this problem.

before I jump up and down with the guy who got me the rebuild kits can the ABS do this or is it dodgy callipers.

cheers

Matt

Thread: Caliper rebuild

Thread Tools

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions