Always been a big Scott Redding fan and he came up with the goods this weekend,I know it's early doors but I would love him to lift the WSB title this year and get back into Moto GP where IMO he belongs.I hope I haven't spoiled it for anyone by mentioning the results but if I have tough shit. :lol
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These calipers are fitted to fitted to a lot of Yamaha motorcycles including all the Fazer series. They are easy to work on and are consider one of the best brake calipers types out there. What we have here is a set of calipers that I removed off my reticently sold FZS1000, due to the tops of the pistons having a lot of corrosion. The plan was to sell them as is but then a set of used stainless pistons came up for sale on the forum, and then this servicing guide was born. What I plan to show in photos is each step in the very simple process of doing a full service on a set of brake calipers. Stripping, cleaning, greasing and reassembly.
[size=1.35em]Remove the pistons and seals[/size]
• I starting by all the pistons with my piston removable tool. Said tool is a Sealy caliper tool I modified by filling down the tips of the arms to allow the tips/head to clear the caliper body.
• Then using a blunt/bent flat-head jewelers screwdriver and brake cleaner, I removed all the seals and soaked them in brake cleaner.• I also remove the bleed nipples as cleaning fluid and water will get into the calipers and will need to drain etc.
[size=1.35em]Cleaning the pistons[/size]
• All pistons come with a chrome coating that you really don't want to damage, so avoid using abrasives if at possible. But if you must nothing harsher than 2000 grit emery paper, but you only get to do this so many times before you abrade away the thin chrome coating.
• Using a small brass brush I removed as much of the crud and corrosion as I could. I found using the piston to hold the pistons, made this job much easier.
• Then if the corrosion is bad enough, you can polish the pistons with a bench grinder or Dremel with a polishing mop/head. In my case the pistons had lost thier chrome coating on the tops so I didnt go any further with them.
[size=1.35em]Cleaning the calipers[/size]
• I starting by removing all the seals and soaking them in brake cleaner.• I using a combination of as stiff nylon brush blunt & the jewelers screwdriver I cleaned out the seal grooves. Flushing out with brake cleaner.
• I then sprayed the calipers with motorcycle de-greaser/cleaner, scrubbing them with an old toothbrush.• I then sprayed the calipers with a mixture of green soap and water, again scrubbing with the toothbrush.• I then rinsed the calipers in hot water and left them to thoroughly dry.• Once they were dry I then applied a coating of ACF50 with a small painters brush and wiped off the excess with an rag.
[size=1.35em]Grease and install the seals[/size]
• I smeared a thin coating of Red Rubber grease on all the break/dust seals, taking care to feel/check for any nicks, damage or wear.• Then using my index finger I located and held each seal into its respective groove, and then used the index and middle finger to gently push down on the highest point of the seal sticking up allowing the seal to auto-locate itself into the seal.• I did the same thing for the dust seals, with some of these needing a little finagling to get them to seat.
[size=1.35em]Grease and install the pistons[/size]
• I smeared a thin coating of Red Rubber grease on all the pistons. • Then holding the caliper in my hand and using my thumb & index finger to align the piston/s, I then used the index finger & thumb on my other hand to gently align and push them in.
[size=1.35em]Grease and install the caliper pins[/size]
• I smeared a coating of copper-ease on the pins and installed them along with the r-clips and pad spring/s
[size=1.35em]Other[/size]
In the winter when there is more shit in the roads, I strongly recommend doing a minor caliper service once a month and it should take no longer than 30-60mins even on a cold day -
• Remove the caliper pin, spring and pads. Then using an old tooth brush and brake cleaner clean off as much brake dust & crud as possible.
• Using the toothbrush and brake cleaner again clean the pad-bay of brake dust and crud.
• Then push pistons out and clean them with a tooth brush and rotate them with the Sealy piston tool. Or using a toothbrush, cable-tie and brake cleaner - http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?topic=24649.0
• then using a small painters brush apply a thin coating of red rubber grease to the pistons before pushing them back.
• Then reinstall the pads, pin, spring and r-cips.
I went for the first ride on my Fazer since I fixed the damaged LCD odometer display. The odometer display works correctly, but the odometer mileage is not increasing. Are there separate inputs/senders for the speedometer/odometer or is it a combined unit? The speedo is working fine. If anyone can point me in the direction of the pinouts that would be great.
I went out with the mrs on it yesterday to york, getting weird hisses on gear changes. Its like a squeak which i have recorded and will post a link so you can see what i mean. So I am not overly mechanical, i can manage a service myself but this might be beyond me. It has an exup valve so i thought it might be that so i got some copper slip and will service that saturday. My worry is its clutch related in which case ill have to put it into a garage to sort and goodbye saved money this month. If anyone could shed some light I would very much appreciate it.
https://youtu.be/yxzyX183mf0 You can hear the hiss/ squeak at 7 seconds and 30 seconds, sorry about poor quality i taped my phone to my tank and did a few laps of the culdisack.
Thought I best say hello before i start asking for advice. Brummy living in north yorkshire, got a kwak z750 and earlier this year got myself a gen 1 fzs1000 in blue. Howdy ?
I used to have a Fazer a few years ago. Sold it for a Honda CB1300.
I'd bought this to balance the carbs, but then managed to break an old spark plug in hole, so off the bike went to a mechanic. He then balanced the carbs for me, so these were never used.
Fantastic news about the proposed road races on the I.O.W. it's going to be a 12ish mile long course hopefully starting in October 2021,lets just hope it's not another "curcuit of wales",but I don't think so,they've got some clued up people involved already so I would have thought to have got this far the local council,police,etc would have given it the thumbs up,everything crossed. :woot
