Caliper Powdercoat Price Extravaganza!

Sounds cheap, but I take it you have to dismantle the calipers yourself and put them back together, without damaging the pistons etc. It's just that I went to a powder coating place and they 2 packed my calipers instead of powder coating them as they didn't want to damaged the calipers. You lot ever seen how thick powdercoating can be, bloody thick, half the screw threads had to be cleaned out on my swing arm, to allow the bolts to go back in. I would advise anyone to actually find out what is being done. If it is just powder coating the bear calipers, then £24 is average.
sexysi

Originally Posted by the oaf

How long is this offer on for? I can't afford to have the bike off the road for that long at the mo, but I've got a couple of spare weeks in August.

Just don't forget you might have to dismantle and rebuild the calipers, with new seals etc. It then makes this job a pain in the ****
sexysi

It's £24 excluding VAT so £28ish all in. Results are outstanding. I've spilt fluid over them, dropped them and rode for 200miles and as good as new. Finish will last for a long time.

Just remember the rear caliper splits in two and is charged as two seperate calipers.

Family business so knock 'em down if getting the lot done at once.

You need to disassemble yourself. Not a big job if pins havn't corroded. I ended up buying a BUSA rear with titanium pistons after drilling went pearshaped.

Careful taking brass pistons out with pylers, I've partly knackered mine and they'll corrode like hell next winter.

No need for new seals if brakes have been looked after. Inspect them for damage/wear however mine were 4 years old, done 10,000 miles and as new.

They forgot to mask (or couldn't) the adjacent slides of the rear caliper so I needed to find a perfect fit washer of suitable thickness to fit inbetween where the fluid transfers to one side to the other. I found I lost fluid pressure otherwise. This was my only concern but easy to get around.

So not really a DIY idea for guys and girls new to the "Let's take the bike apart one evening and fix it". After all the calipers do tend to stop you from hitting the lorry in front. But it's good to know of the service.
sexysi