My friends bike, had been sitting for around a year, he finally got alternator and I replaced it for him, works like a beauty.
However, the front brake is dragging badly, at some time in the past I believe we may have removed the front brake caliper/front wheel, when we tried the last alternator we got (slightly too large, from older gn250) i remember the brake lever not being stiff like it is now, had to break the master cylinder banjo bolt to rotate it so we could get brake lever/cylinder to fit (previously had clipons and were reverting to normal handlebars).
That was 6 months ago, today when we fitted the new alternator, the front brake is dragging quite badly, and the lever is quite stiff, not squishy at all, very little travel distance.
Ideally we wanna get it all going tomorrow, and going out to buy stuff isn't an issue, but is it as simple as, taking the caliper off, pushing the piston in and putting em back on, I have also read that just cracking the bleeder valve can release the pressure, but it also could be that the piston has rusted/gotten dirty and is bound as a result, as it has been like 6 months since we last tried to fit the alternator and he left it outside (under a roof).
Hoping that based on this info some of you guys can point us in the right direction of what to do, this would be my first time dealing with brake stuff so if you an idea make sure to give the steps (don't have to be too layman).
(or if anyone's in north shore and willing to help on a friday hit us up!)
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