New rear brake caliper seals

[Chris]

Hey Humbucker88,

Yes I have split the caliper. I know a lot of people advise against it but I am going to reuse the tiny rubber seal between the two halves as it is like new.

I tried the compressed air approach and it freed up one of the pistons but the other was well and truely stuck so I closed off the fluid input hole with a bolt of the same thread and used a grease gun on the bleed nipple to force the second piston out. It worked perfectly. The only thing was that the caliper needed a really good clean out afterwards but I was going to do that anyway. It is much easier to work with the seals and clean it up with the caliper split.

Chris