The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: Milo_357 on October 09, 2011, 10:12:53 AM
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Just an FYI for those of you doing brake work like me.
There is an article on rebuilding Brembo Calipers in the latest issue (Sept/Oct) of Motorcycle Classics. I got my copy at Books a Millions.
Maybe someone more in the know could let us know if the article is any good or not?
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Don't have access to the article, but here's one tip, before you remove the calipers from the fork legs, loosen the two allen head bolts that hold the caliper halves together .
They can be a pain once they are off of the bike.
Only other alternative, is to clamp the caliper in a vise between two pieces of wood .
To remove the pistons, use low pressure compressed air in one of the holes, put the caliper on some old shop towels and kinda wrap it up a bit and hold it down, fluid can go every where you don't want it to .
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Don't have access to the article, but here's one tip, before you remove the calipers from the fork legs, loosen the two allen head bolts that hold the caliper halves together .
They can be a pain once they are off of the bike.
Only other alternative, is to clamp the caliper in a vise between two pieces of wood .
To remove the pistons, use low pressure compressed air in one of the holes, put the caliper on some old shop towels and kinda wrap it up a bit and hold it down, fluid can go every where you don't want it to .
Ha, you should have written the article. They show the caliper in a clamp to take the caliper halves apart. Plus they don't show the caliper wrapped in cloth when they apply the compressed air.
Excellent suggestions! I'm glad I made a comment about it. I'm hoping to get a 4 piston Brembo next week and want to clean it up as best I can before using it.
Dell