15-04-17, 09:10 PM
It's taken me a while to find enough time to sort this, but I thought I'd just post some details here if anyone else reads this thread.
What I did was to take out the slide pins and displace the caliper (leaving the mounting bracket on the bike), then took out the brake pads.
Firstly I sprayed brake cleaner onto the pots to clean off most of the accumulated crud that was on the pots and wiped it off.
After that I held one of the pots in place whilst very gently squeezing the brake lever to push the other pot a bit further out (basically a couple of mm past the "tide mark" of crud around the pot) sprayed it again, then put a small smear of red rubber grease around it and pushed it back into place, repeating this with the other one.
I put a touch of copperslip on the slide bolt threads and some red rubber grease on the smooth sections of them, then did the same on the other side (and did the rear brake for good measure) and they all definitely seem to be smoother now :thumbup
What I did was to take out the slide pins and displace the caliper (leaving the mounting bracket on the bike), then took out the brake pads.
Firstly I sprayed brake cleaner onto the pots to clean off most of the accumulated crud that was on the pots and wiped it off.
After that I held one of the pots in place whilst very gently squeezing the brake lever to push the other pot a bit further out (basically a couple of mm past the "tide mark" of crud around the pot) sprayed it again, then put a small smear of red rubber grease around it and pushed it back into place, repeating this with the other one.
I put a touch of copperslip on the slide bolt threads and some red rubber grease on the smooth sections of them, then did the same on the other side (and did the rear brake for good measure) and they all definitely seem to be smoother now :thumbup