29-12-13, 09:35 PM
I ride all year round and the only way I've found (not yet tried though) to stop the Fazer rear caliper from seizing is to sell the fazer and buy something different. Daft design - under slung with no drain hole.
What I've done is buy a second caliper, so each year (from now on) I will swap the dirty one off and put the newly refurbished on on until next year...
You can try and wash it with hot or cold water, but the problem is the crud that gets down the side of the pistons and (strange though it sounds) under the seal. This corrodes the metal forcing the seal upward which clamps on the piston, then the rest of the barrel corrodes and then it's overhaul time.
What I've done is buy a second caliper, so each year (from now on) I will swap the dirty one off and put the newly refurbished on on until next year...
You can try and wash it with hot or cold water, but the problem is the crud that gets down the side of the pistons and (strange though it sounds) under the seal. This corrodes the metal forcing the seal upward which clamps on the piston, then the rest of the barrel corrodes and then it's overhaul time.