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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => FZS600 Fazer => Topic started by: bellycgb on 02 August 2013, 05:40:22 pm

Title: front piston seals
Post by: bellycgb on 02 August 2013, 05:40:22 pm

ok im just about to rebuild my front calipers the problem i have is which way do the seals go round? the haynes manual doesnt say? the pressure seals don't look square

Title: Re: front piston seals
Post by: Buzz on 02 August 2013, 07:09:09 pm

Wider lip goes on the inside of the caliper, if you put your finger in and scrape outwards you should feel a lip.  If you put them in the other way round the fluid will just push past the seal and escape.  Delboy does a good rebuild here and explains it well. Delboy's Garage, Motorcycle Front Brake Caliper rebuild Part 1. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDfNb_9YkcI#ws)