Rear caliper retaining pins siezed.

I'd listen to Husky for this one, but on a bit of a tangent...

WD40 is ****e as a dismantling fluid, I always use an overnight soaking plusgas when something appears seized, before I snap it though!

Another side track re seized stuff-there was a world war 2 plane being restored on sky,restoration was going well until they got to the engines-one piston was seized solid and the full project was gonna be binned if they couldn't get it sorted-they tried all manor of things but it wouldn't shift, ended up calling in one of the original ground crew engineers(guy was about 80 odd)-he gets a pot of old engine oil on the boil so its bubbling away and pours it into the engine leaving it overnight-next morning the piston slides as if its never been seized and the jobs saved-makes you think about these new lubes etc.

Yes pointless using wd40, its not designed for that, use penetrating oil. However i have never once unstuck anything with pentrating oil either. The only thing that works for me is heat.

Originally Posted by husky03

you should invest in a newly serviced rear caliper mate

Yeah may have to, there's one on ebay for £45, can't afford it until Friday though. Urgh! Why do Suzuki even use allen bolts?

Originally Posted by toby_smith

I'd listen to Husky for this one, but on a bit of a tangent...

WD40 is ****e as a dismantling fluid, I always use an overnight soaking plusgas when something appears seized, before I snap it though!

Cheers, will get some plusgas and try it.

hehehe-thats me selling mate-yours for 40 delivered if it helps -can keep one for you or if you need it now for your bike i'll send it and you can send the readies later

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Haha ahh I see, good sales technique!

Really? Yeah that would be great mate, thank you very much!

If you could send it and I'll pay you £45 on Friday, is that alright?

you have a caliper on its way
pm'd

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