Storing a Spare caliper

[andrewsmith]

How do all!!

Bought a spare rear caliper a wee while ago.
Just needing to know if there is any thing that need to be done to them for storage?

Andy

[TSM]

if you can, pull pistons out and clean all the brake fluid, service complete caliper and rebuild without putting any brake fluid in after
or
drain all brake fluid by leaving the calipers upturned for a while till it stops dripping

[andrewsmith]

Cheers TSM the latter is what its been doing on the bedroom floor since a got it!
It was pretty much dry when a got it a couple of weeks ago.

It'll once overed prior to going on as i'm taking mine off and rebuilding it over the winter (amongst other things)

[TSM]

Cheers TSM the latter is what its been doing on the bedroom floor since a got it!
It was pretty much dry when a got it a couple of weeks ago.

It'll once overed prior to going on as i'm taking mine off and rebuilding it over the winter (amongst other things)
choosing to just drain is will still leave you with the possability that any oil left will cristalise and you will have to strip them down when you come to fit them again and possably the seals will be damaged, so mightaswell just do the whole thing now

[andrewsmith]

V true as the fronts were in bad shape with dried fluid (be poor atm but was used to help the piston in)

Me mates garage here i come! let him have the reoccuring nightmares about this type of rear caliper!