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just started working on the rear calliper and was wondering what the best technique for removing seized brake calliper pins was?
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Soak in plusgas, split caliper & heat up pins before pulling them out with molegrips.
If that fails either cut off flush and drill out or drill a small hole behind (smaller than the dia of the pins) and punch out. Replace with stainless. Or do as I did and buy a replacement off ebay off a lower milage GSXR. Druid
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Payed £20 for special socket bit set for rounded bolt heads and attempted again, this time the bolt snapped, leaving half in the caliper and the other half in the caliper carrier. £16 got me a spare caliper and caliper carrier. I would advise though, before bidding on a caliper, that you ask the seller to make sure that all the bolts can be freely undone, including pad retaining pins and bleed nipples.
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Thanks druid, that worked, ish, I split the calliper after a bit of trying, and one pin came out ok, the other one though has sheered off, now I've tried to mole grip it and then hold the grips in a vice and knock the calliper off with a rubber mallet but no joy. How do I get the piston out so I can cut the pin flush and drill it out?
Thanks si PS - yer last resort will be go get a calliper from ebay but I'm not at that point yet ![]() Last edited by 5hort5; 16-01-10 at 02:41 PM. |
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is that a caliper from a curvy? my pointys is very very different (just wondering)
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yep curvy
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Yep us pointy owners are lucky, we only have the one caliper pin to wrestle with.
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So how do I get these pistons out then so I can cut the pin?
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Carefully with pliers, but put a cloth between the piston and the pliers or you'll scratch the surface and it'll start to corrode.
Alternativly, put the caliper back on the bike and use the brake pressure to pop the piston out.
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You should of used the brake pressure, why does no one not think of this before unscrewing them lol, im guilty of it once.
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