Where did my brakes come from?

**nakedsv** · 9th March 2013, 07:30

I am looking for a little help identifying my brakes. So the rear break failed to return completely the other day ( had to pull the lever back up with my foot ). This prompted a tear down of the entire brake sysrem just to make sure it was all clean. Rear was filthy inside but cleaned up nicely. Problems started when I got to the front. My bike is a sv650 with a gsxr1000 k2 front end. So I got the calipers and master off all good and started cleaning one caliper at a time. Split the calipers, popped the pistons out (was probably the wrong method, but had to use air compressor, they were well stuck.), only to find the last person to work on them hadn't put the dust seals back around the pistons.

quick call to the suzuki store in town and a quote of $500 for new seals. So I start looking around the net only to find out gsxr1000 k2's have 6 pot tokico's and mine are only 4 pot with what seems to be the original sv650 master. So after this long winded explanation, does anyone know how to find out model numbers of brakes and or a place to get seals that isn't hugely expensive?

**nathanwhite** · 9th March 2013, 07:35

Do you have any pictures?

**nakedsv** · 9th March 2013, 08:25

Tokico four pot. One 30mm and one 34mm piston each side.

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On the inside of the calipers it has 6-8 raised on the big piston side and lg on the small piston side, on the other side of the caliper inside, ( banjo bolt half) it has 8-9 on the small piston side.

**paturoa** · 9th March 2013, 08:50

Looks like the original SV650 caliper to me.

Edit: just been looking at google images and they look more like the oem for sv1000.

**nakedsv** · 9th March 2013, 09:09

I was thinking they looked like sv1000 ones, I took them into the local suzuki shop to compare and the only diference I could see where the bolts on the sv are torx head instead of hex

**nakedsv** · 9th March 2013, 10:03

Now after looking through even more photos online I am starting to think they may be gsxr 600 brakes, they seem to have the two different sizes pistons

**AllanB** · 9th March 2013, 10:14

$500 for seals!!!!!! get on line pronto and order from the USA or England. In fact you will pick up a complete set of GSXR brakes off ebay for a fraction of that!

**HenryDorsetCase** · 9th March 2013, 10:42

Originally Posted by AllanB

$500 for seals!!!!!! get on line pronto and order from the USA or England. In fact you will pick up a complete set of GSXR brakes off ebay for a fraction of that!

what he said.

**gwigs** · 9th March 2013, 14:16

$500 for seals ?They must be hand made in Japan by a Grand Master Seal maker who has trained for many years in the art of seal making.
Whats the name of the theiving dealers that want to charge that?they must be taking the piss...

**98tls** · 9th March 2013, 17:09

Originally Posted by AllanB

$500 for seals!!!!!! get on line pronto and order from the USA or England. In fact you will pick up a complete set of GSXR brakes off ebay for a fraction of that!

Add Stralia to that list shit i picked up a set of GSXR forks and radial calipers for 500 nicker.

**CrazyFrog** · 10th March 2013, 05:55

If you're looking for a replacement, try this guy on TradeMe, rear caliper for $65 with worn pads.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-569281332.htm

**nakedsv** · 10th March 2013, 09:12

Looks like wemoto.com will be the cheapest so far, $95 for a complete seal kit including postage from the uk.

**imdying** · 11th March 2013, 08:52

On the K2 6 piston calipers, it's ok to leave the dust seals out, helps them stop dragging. Just clean the pistons more often. You can do the same on the 4 piston calipers but it's not really worth it as in good nick they don't have a habit of dragging. If that's your only problem, just put them back together and clean them more often.

**nakedsv** · 11th March 2013, 16:00

Originally Posted by imdying

On the K2 6 piston calipers, it's ok to leave the dust seals out, helps them stop dragging. Just clean the pistons more often. You can do the same on the 4 piston calipers but it's not really worth it as in good nick they don't have a habit of dragging. If that's your only problem, just put them back together and clean them more often.

It was set up as a track bike before I got it, would that be a reason to leave the dust seals out? The calipers are also missing the pad cover plates off the back. My biggest worry with no dust seals was the possibility of a small stone chip or something getting jammed down in the gap left there.