Stainless Brake Caliper Pistons
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Stainless Brake Caliper Pistons
I had severe trouble getting the rear brake caliper pistons out, ending up ruining them.
The actual caliper will clean up ok, the cause of the jamming being corrosion of the alloy behind the dust seal forcing it out against the piston.
Always put silicon caliper grease behind and around the dust seal to prevent this.
Onwards. Check out the price of pistons (Advice. Make sure you are sitting down before doing this!)
Rear caliper, two pistons.
Honda ones from CMS 79 euros plus 19% tax ($92) +shipping, EACH. Total around $200:shock:
David Silver wants £39 plus 17.5% tax +shipping which is cheaper, by 50c Shocked
ENTER THE WHITE KNIGHT!
Take a bow, Ray.(Taurus Rainer)
Ray sent me two beautifully crafted STAINLESS STEEL pistons for the incredible price of $66 inc shipping to the UK.
This price includes the special discount only available to NGW members.
REPEAT. Two stainless steel for 1/3 the price of the two ready-to-rust Honda ones. Amazing!!!
Just to make things even easier, he has put together a chart listing the pistons he can supply.
Check this out.
http://www.proebstl.net/pistons.html
Adding this bit due to a question.
Brake caliper grease should be available from any auto store that sells brake parts. Every one I've bought is like a red gell in a tube. This stuff is compatible with rubber; if you use anything other type of grease it WILL swell the rubber and you'll be back to where you started!
Octane has a thread showing this.
On the piston seals and bores when assembling the caliper, only use fresh brake fluid.
If you are doing the whole system up, maybe try silicon fluid (DOT5 I think).
It's not compatible with mineral fluid though so don't mix the two.
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The actual caliper will clean up ok, the cause of the jamming being corrosion of the alloy behind the dust seal forcing it out against the piston.
Always put silicon caliper grease behind and around the dust seal to prevent this.
Onwards. Check out the price of pistons (Advice. Make sure you are sitting down before doing this!)
Rear caliper, two pistons.
Honda ones from CMS 79 euros plus 19% tax ($92) +shipping, EACH. Total around $200:shock:
David Silver wants £39 plus 17.5% tax +shipping which is cheaper, by 50c Shocked
ENTER THE WHITE KNIGHT!
Take a bow, Ray.(Taurus Rainer)
Ray sent me two beautifully crafted STAINLESS STEEL pistons for the incredible price of $66 inc shipping to the UK.
This price includes the special discount only available to NGW members.
REPEAT. Two stainless steel for 1/3 the price of the two ready-to-rust Honda ones. Amazing!!!
Just to make things even easier, he has put together a chart listing the pistons he can supply.
Check this out.
http://www.proebstl.net/pistons.html
Adding this bit due to a question.
Brake caliper grease should be available from any auto store that sells brake parts. Every one I've bought is like a red gell in a tube. This stuff is compatible with rubber; if you use anything other type of grease it WILL swell the rubber and you'll be back to where you started!
Octane has a thread showing this.
On the piston seals and bores when assembling the caliper, only use fresh brake fluid.
If you are doing the whole system up, maybe try silicon fluid (DOT5 I think).
It's not compatible with mineral fluid though so don't mix the two.
_________________
On a Wing and a prayer!
Last edited by Old Fogey on Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:24 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Stainless Brake Caliper Pistons
Hey I know this is a slightly dated thread, however, is Ray still doing this?
I tried shooting an email from the link on his page, but it got returned.
I tried shooting an email from the link on his page, but it got returned.
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Re: Stainless Brake Caliper Pistons
He sure is.
This is his eBay site: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0446507526
Or email him at: monoco2010@gmx.de
Let him know you're a NGW member to get a discount.
Can someone from admin can get this info permanently put onto Shop Talk or into the cross-over parts list. He deserves that for his efforts.
I will also put a link to him on the Wingovations link page.
This is his eBay site: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0446507526
Or email him at: monoco2010@gmx.de
Let him know you're a NGW member to get a discount.
Can someone from admin can get this info permanently put onto Shop Talk or into the cross-over parts list. He deserves that for his efforts.
I will also put a link to him on the Wingovations link page.
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Re: Stainless Brake Caliper Pistons
Those would be a plus. My last bike had the pistons frozen and that blew the master.
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Re: Stainless Brake Caliper Pistons
I thank You, gentlemen, for this positive feedback. It is only a small contribution to the Wing thing, which I can make, but I hope some bikes can stay on the road, without the owner completely bankrupt.
OldFogey, can You give me the link to Your website?
I have been in the carribbean for a while, could not respond to messages often...
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OldFogey, can You give me the link to Your website?
I have been in the carribbean for a while, could not respond to messages often...
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Re: Stainless Brake Caliper Pistons
I'm not OldFogey, but I am old ... this is the link http://www.wingovations.com/taunusrainer wrote:I thank You, gentlemen, for this positive feedback. It is only a small contribution to the Wing thing, which I can make, but I hope some bikes can stay on the road, without the owner completely bankrupt.
OldFogey, can You give me the link to Your website?
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Re: Stainless Brake Caliper Pistons
oldfogey, just added a link to Your site here:
http://www.proebstl.net/pistons.html
Thank You so much for improving the wing parts sources network.
http://www.proebstl.net/pistons.html
Thank You so much for improving the wing parts sources network.
1976 GL1000 test mule
1977 GL1000 in parts, rebuild in progress
1969 Ford 17m 2.3V6
1976 Ford Cortina 2.3V6 (Propane)
1990 Mustang 5.0 7up conv.
1998 Peugeot 406 Coupe (Propane)
1977 GL1000 in parts, rebuild in progress
1969 Ford 17m 2.3V6
1976 Ford Cortina 2.3V6 (Propane)
1990 Mustang 5.0 7up conv.
1998 Peugeot 406 Coupe (Propane)
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