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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Sept 8, 2011 22:14:52 GMT 1
Not an NTV but the best I have found so far. Just about to start work on my rear caliper. So a quick look on Youtube found the following. To stay one step ahead of the obvious  This is the front caliper  www.hondantv.co.uk/nyoutubevids.php |
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Post by noakira on Sept 9, 2011 7:00:25 GMT 1
These are good informative videos.
I couldn't find the bit in the videos (there seems to be a bit missing) on how you get the actual pistons out ?
I looked at all 3 clips and couldn't see it, could just be me ?
Cause' thats the hard bit when your bikes been on the road all year and theres a load of rusty crud around the nice seized pistons !
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Post by De Graaf van Salland on Sept 9, 2011 9:33:02 GMT 1
Yes, it does seem to miss the actual taking out of the pistons  He does say that he uses the force of the oil to push the pistons out. But the easiest piston always comes first. Once that is out, there's no oil pressure left to force the second one out  |
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Post by kirriepete on Sept 9, 2011 9:41:28 GMT 1
Ah, but you get the first one nearly all the way out then block it in place with a block of wood, old pads, a g-clamp, small child or similar. Then you can pop the second one out with the hydraulics and the first will pull the last couple of mm - simples!
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Post by De Graaf van Salland on Sept 9, 2011 10:44:36 GMT 1
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Sept 9, 2011 12:45:50 GMT 1
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Post by kirriepete on Sept 9, 2011 13:39:51 GMT 1
Air lines - brilliant at getting pistons out, but they tend to come out in a hurry, best not to get anything breakable (including body parts) in the path when they do.
Using the hydraulics is always more controlled, but if you've already disconnected the pipes, pump grease with a grease gun through the (slackened) bleed nipple and that'll force the beggar(s) out nice and gently. Only trouble is cleaning the grease out afterwards, but nobody said life was perfect.
Of course, the best way is to not let the pistons get that bad in the first place, but we all know that, being the mechanically-sensitive souls that we are ..... ;D
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Sept 10, 2011 8:25:00 GMT 1
"Of course, the best way is to not let the pistons get that bad in the first place, but we all know that, being the mechanically-sensitive souls that we are ..... ;D " Nail and head springs to mind |
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This is the front caliper 
