Buggered seal or just need a clean?

[Taz]

Ah but you have the deep satisfaction of having done the job yourself and not having to pay the local honda shop to let their ham fisted minimum wage apprentice do a half hearted half arsed job (because he really doesn't give two hoots about your bike) and then charge you the price of new calipers......

[imdying]

Yeah, CBC will have them for about $5 each... just replace the 8 main seals, the other 8 dust seals don't do a lot, you could even leave them out.

[stevewederell]

Yeah, CBC will have them for about $5 each... just replace the 8 main seals, the other 8 dust seals don't do a lot, you could even leave them out.

Already have them ordered and I'd like to keep it all kosher What's CBC anyway?

All seems good but still a little soft, think i need to bleed them more...job for tomorrow

[stevewederell]

Last set of seals arrived, took two days before I could be bothered getting off my ass to sort it though. One tip for anyone who has one small thing left to do...write down which part needs done. Couldn't remember if I had the inner or outer set to...I did eventually sort it, what a retard!!

Anyhoo, the things I learned from the other three pairs made this fix easier and faster

Let's hope that's all I need to do for my brakes for now

[Katman]

While the seals are out you need to get inside the grooves that they seat in with a sharp probe and scrape away any crap that has built up in them. It is this crap that forces the seals harder on the pistons which can cause the pads to bind.

[stevewederell]

Yeah that's some weird shit in there. I scrubbed with some toothbrushes initially. then attacked it with a little metal probe. Don't want to have to go in there again.

Still not convinced that things are all sorted. some of the pads will hapilly move up and down when bike is at rest, and sometimes they're quite solid or hard to move. Perhaps I have too much brake fluid in master cylinder..?

[Katman]

Yeah that's some weird shit in there. I scrubbed with some toothbrushes initially. then attacked it with a little metal probe. Don't want to have to go in there again.

Still not convinced that things are all sorted. some of the pads will hapilly move up and down when bike is at rest, and sometimes they're quite solid or hard to move. Perhaps I have too much brake fluid in master cylinder..?

You should try to get every bit of that crud out of the grooves.

Another thing to consider is that there is a tiny (read very tiny) hole in the master cylinder bore that works as a bleed hole. If it is blocked the pistons will not be able to retract.