Inside a Blue Spot caliper

[kebab19]

Threatened to show these about a year ago, only getting around to this now  :o
Blue anodised parts were removed with the tool shown, acquired from Bikerstoolbox.co.uk
http://www.bikerstoolbox.co.uk/acatalog/...Tools.html

Came out fairly easily and as you can see there's an O-ring in behind which obviously keeps the brake fluid in place.
Very easy to remove all seals once the anodised covers were out of the way, instead of the usual 2 hour fight!

Replacement bluespot O-rings were used upon reassembly, also ordered from Bikerstoolbox

[Fazerider]

Interesting, but I still don't quite see the point of disturbing the blue plugs. While it makes the outer pistons slightly easier to remove, if an inner one is stuck a standard piston remover tool is what you need... and that'll do the outer ones too. Or am I missing something?

[sinto607276]

Can you buy red coloured caps to replace the blue ones or is that why they are called bluespots?

[Paulfzs]

Can you buy red coloured caps to replace the blue ones or is that why they are called bluespots?

red spray?

[sinto607276]

On anodised metal? Wouldn't it look rubbish?

[Paulfzs]

colour anodise them yourself?

[fazersharp]

Paint would be ok wouldnt it as they are out of harms way and not going to get touched by anything.
And why are they blue, was it that these are or were OEM on the R6 which was blue, and to keep costs down they just kept them like that

[Jules-C]

Interesting, but I still don't quite see the point of disturbing the blue plugs. While it makes the outer pistons slightly easier to remove, if an inner one is stuck a standard piston remover tool is what you need... and that'll do the outer ones too. Or am I missing something?

It makes cleaning the seal grooves and fitting new seals a lot easier.

[Mick-H]

On anodised metal? Wouldn't it look rubbish?

I think mine look ok.

[sinto607276]

[quote author=sinto link=topic=16688.msg192241#msg192241 date=1429567406]
On anodised metal? Wouldn't it look rubbish?

I think mine look ok.
[/quote]
They look better than ok mick-h, could you tell me how you done them please?

[Fazerider]

[quote author=Fazerider link=topic=16688.msg192197#msg192197 date=1429561652]
Interesting, but I still don't quite see the point of disturbing the blue plugs. While it makes the outer pistons slightly easier to remove, if an inner one is stuck a standard piston remover tool is what you need... and that'll do the outer ones too. Or am I missing something?

It makes cleaning the seal grooves and fitting new seals a lot easier.
[/quote]


Fair enough.
I just didn't recall having any difficulty last time I did them.

[Mick-H]

[quote author=Mick-H link=topic=16688.msg192269#msg192269 date=1429605108]
[quote author=sinto link=topic=16688.msg192241#msg192241 date=1429567406]
On anodised metal? Wouldn't it look rubbish?

I think mine look ok.
[/quote]
They look better than ok mick-h, could you tell me how you done them please?
[/quote]


Sent them away to be anodised. 

[sinto607276]

Sent them away to be anodised. 

Ahh right, wee note taken for a winter project I think, cheers Mick.