Typical, ruins a perfectly good picture of a Fazer
Quote from: unfazed on 28 May 2020, 02:24:38 pmTypical, ruins a perfectly good picture of a Fazer Here you go then
I finished painting the rear foot peg hangers, just got to lacquer them tomorrow.Then I had fun stripping and refurbishing the rear brake caliper.I figured that it would be better to do the rear first, since there's only one pot and, if I screwed it up, it would be less critical than buggering up a front one First problem was that I needed to remove the piston, but needed "low pressure compressed air" to do it, according to Hayes. I tried with an airbed foot pump, but couldn't get a good seal, so I looked at it a bit more and realised that the bleed valve is almost the same size as a Presta valve on a bicycle tyre. I found a 10mm bolt to block the hole that the banjo bolt goes into and tried to push the piston out. I got a good seal, but it wasn't moving, so I got a G Clamp and put some padding on each side, then used that to squeeze the piston back into the caliper a little way.Then, when I tried the bike pump, I got the piston to slide out nicely I found the best way to get the seals out of the caliper was with the pointed "clip" section on the end of a biro cap and then it was just a matter of cleaning everything up and reassembling it.So tomorrow I do the front calipers and then just wait for the vacuum brake bleeding kit I ordered from eBay to turn up so I can refill the system and check that it all works... (fingers crossed!)
Lovely morning to be out on the bike early. Met up with the usual breakfast run members, for another 200+ miler, taking in most of Sussex and Kents best biking roads, including the Chilham Bends, which are always guaranteed to put a smile on your face .
Although your foot pump method worked for the rear, you may find it a tad more difficult with the front as once you get 1 piston out you the cant removed the rest so it makes it a tad slow and tedious doing 1 at a time 🤕 I'd highly recommend buying some 'piston pliers'
Lovely looking chicken strips there
Good....means I'm not riding like a dick then 😜😜