Best thing to clean calipers on rebuild..Suzuki dl1000 Vstrom

[daveb47]

Urgently need set of front brake calipers for Suzuki dl1000 Vstrom.

[andy18s]

Any Nissin calipers should fit,even Triumph badged versions...but loads of Gsxr's out there to choose from

Stay away from 6 pot versions though

More trouble than they're worth

[twosmoke300]

Whs!

 

Triumph nissins are the way to go

[daveb47]

Going to have a go at fitting new seals,any advice on best way to do this please.

[andy18s]

Pull the calipers apart before buying a seal kit

The piston housings may be too far gone to rebuild....

[daveb47]

Whats best thing to use to clean calipers on rebuild.

I assume that brake fluid to assemble,some places say silicon grease but unsure on this

[Junkman]

Diesel to clean.

BF to assemble.

[Eddie Honda]

Meths for cleaning

 

Brake fluid and/or red rubber grease for putting together.

[strangeangel]

some places say silicon grease but unsure on this

 

As Eddie says, red rubber grease for assembly.

 

I have a tin big enough to last several lifetimes, because I didn't to want to buy one of those small, unbranded pots off eBay, so if you need any drop me a PM and I'll send you some.

[sierraman]

Good point above, it's the plating that sometimes comes off and fucks the seals up.

[Eddie Honda]

Millers do RRG.

 

 

Although last time I bought some it was Lucas in a metal toothpaste tube like this (now probably branded TRW in a crappy plastic tube like Firegum):

 

[daveb47]

Looks like fuckin slide pins are seized solid,so probably scrap

[Eddie Honda]

Arthur Brown it.

 

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Looks like fuckin slide pins are seized solid,so probably scrap

You can buy them separately, shouldn't be too expensive.

 

Corrosion causes the pins to expand making them hard or impossible to remove, might need to wire brush or sand them then knock out with a hammer and drift.

 

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[daveb47]

Its not the retainer pins its the ones that caliper slides on.

[twosmoke300]

Get a full seal / bellows kit . Cut the bellows off and leave to soak in plusgas or similar . Then if that doesn't work then get some gentle warmth on the caliper body

[daveb47]

Get a full seal / bellows kit . Cut the bellows off and leave to soak in plusgas or similar . Then if that doesn't work then get some gentle warmth on the caliper body

Dont happen to know if these are screw in on these by any chance

[twosmoke300]

Probably welded to the caliper carrier I expect .