Yes folks..it's me..the legendary "Jinkster" requesting "REAR BRAKE CALIPER HELP"..as follows..this is about the 4th time i've changed...excuse me..attempted to change rear brake pads tonight...as last ride out i started to hear that dreaded steel on steel sound when applying the rear brake and the light scoring of my rear rotor confirmed it..as i refrained from any further use of the rear brake..so tonight on the way home from work i pick up a can of autozones best brake cleaner..pads were waiting for me at home as i nonchalantly figured..no problem..1/2 hour job at best..put Oren up on her rear stand..dropped the caliper..popped the cap..pull pins..drop the old pads out..douse the caliper with the brake cleaner..and?..lotsa black shid didnt come off..oh well..bikes 9 years old...where's my c-clamp..go to put the squeeze on the pistons to fit the new fat pads in and..ut-oh..how come these biotchs aint complying?..wouldnt compress the piston sleeves in far enough..dang..well?..pump the brake and squeeze'em together to give a good cleaning..one pumped out further than the other till they touched and the piston that pumped out the furthest looked like it was gonna fall out..so?.i popped it out with my hand and rapidly pushed it right back in as about 1/8th a teaspoon of brake fluid came following it out..which is the moment i sad to myself..you dumbazz..no sense doing anything foolish like refreshing my memory or reviewing instructions cause after all..i'm a freaking genius!
now it doesnt appear to be leaking any more fluid and think i got lucky as i know the seals are of a square cross-section but..i know for a fact that if i dont get that black crud off the pistons?..
1. I'm never gonna get them compressed in far enough and?..
2. If i do leave the black crud on'em they will start leakings in short order.
so..3 questions..
1. Would i be best off just going ahead and ordering a caliper rebuild kit?
and..
2. What's the best method/product to get that black crud off my pistons?
and?..
3. Since i'm apparently going old, senile and suffering an acute case of CRS?...did i forget anything in this process?..cause the last 3 times i changed rear pads it seemed rather simple. LOL!
T.I.A. & L8R, Bill.
now it doesnt appear to be leaking any more fluid and think i got lucky as i know the seals are of a square cross-section but..i know for a fact that if i dont get that black crud off the pistons?..
1. I'm never gonna get them compressed in far enough and?..
2. If i do leave the black crud on'em they will start leakings in short order.
so..3 questions..
1. Would i be best off just going ahead and ordering a caliper rebuild kit?
and..
2. What's the best method/product to get that black crud off my pistons?
and?..
3. Since i'm apparently going old, senile and suffering an acute case of CRS?...did i forget anything in this process?..cause the last 3 times i changed rear pads it seemed rather simple. LOL!
T.I.A. & L8R, Bill.