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Author Subject: problem with rear brake
pug pete

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Post #1
hi im havin a real problem with my rear right brake sticking and wundered the easy way of sorting this out it has eaten my new disc and pads in less then 2000 miles

please help pullin my hair out Angry
Posted 15th Aug 2012 at 20:18
rikky 🦔

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Post #2
what have you tried?

probably the piston sticking in. i've had it, wound piston out, cleaned it up, wound it back in, put a new dust boot over the caliper. my old one was shredded so i can only assume debris has got into the piston outer area and eventually jammed it

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Posted 15th Aug 2012 at 20:20
pug pete

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i have had the carrier of cleaned and copper greased i did notice the dust cover was missin when looked last time.wot best to clean when piston is out and is it a hard job thanks
Posted 15th Aug 2012 at 20:23
owain

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Post #4
Copper grease will make it worse - it's not a lubricant, it's an anti-seize compound. High-temperate lithium grease would be much better Yes

Both I and Pellowe have had issues with people using copper slip on the rear sliders and having them seize up.

You can buy a whole new seal kit (Big Redd are the best bet IIRC), as long as you're vaguely technical it's not a problem - you take the caliper off, take it all apart, clean it up and degrease it and put it back together with the new seals.

If you can't be bothered with all that, you might find it easier to just buy a known working set of rear calipers off here, shouldn't cost you more than about £30.

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Posted 16th Aug 2012 at 08:08
iplay

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owain wrote:
Copper grease will make it worse - it's not a lubricant, it's an anti-seize compound. High-temperate lithium grease would be much better Yes


Agree witht he copper grease but I would not use lithium grease - It will perish the rubber seals. I would grease the slide pins and the Piston (wind out apply wind in and out) with Millers Red Rubber grease (1000 degree boiling point).

The brake fluid will also need changing if the brakes were stuck on for the last 2000 miles.
Posted 16th Aug 2012 at 08:53
owain

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Even better Yes

iplay wrote:
The brake fluid will also need changing if the brakes were stuck on for the last 2000 miles.


This is a good point also. If you brakes are getting this hot your fluid will be knackered Yes

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Posted 16th Aug 2012 at 08:59

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