"Motorcycle brakes are the life line to your safety on the road". Its your quote Mr.MD, to the conscious of your quote your explanation was splendid. I am from India, your way of approach towards cleaning and servicing was truly professional. Thankyou.
The old hydraulic systems on my bike have been giving me fits constantly, and every time I get to your videos it really gets the attention to detail that I need to actually fix the problems. I want to make a hobby of restoring these 10k mile gems.
Thanks for the info man! I've been fighting my 83' kz1100 calipers for a good while... - I cleaned up my entire calipers three times and it was still sticking. Until I watched your video I didn't realize that the calipers were supposed to move freely on those pens, LOL - now everything's in good working condition! You made a lifetime subscriber out of me thanks again man!
dude this video is sick, youre talking your engineer brain and im so here for it. Was charged like £120 for seized calipers the other day and was curious.
Thanks so much for this video. I've cleaned mine up a couple of times and gotten it to work better for the time being. One piston still sticks and doesn't move as well as the other. Been avoiding rebuilding it and spent hours trying to just buy a new one. Well 1985 came and went leaving us with no new replacements today. So after seeing the video I feel confident in buying a kit and rebuilding mine. Cheers.
Hi from the UK Cody, Thank you for uploading this and all the rest of your videos; they’re so helpful and have given me the confidence to take on tasks that I would have paid my local Honda dealer to do. Keep up the great work 👏🏻
you SIR have saved my alot time lol and effort on cleaning those dam pistons , bought a 99 Suzuki savage that was poorly maintained and found out the pistons where bone dry and stuck and this video helped out alot ! thanks man !
Great video! I'm working on a 2005ttrlw and have never done this type of year down before. All you said worked like a charm! Good thing you mentioned the air trick after it's been removed or I would of never got it done! Keep up the great vids...
So glad found this I just did my front on my bike and as I road it felt like its dragging tonight raised front and redid thinking I might of messed up but put back and its better but still not right im goin to rebuild I think if this does not work thanks for video
Ive put a front brake lever on my dirtbike and it draged a tiny bit so i thought it would self clear on the pads by boy was i wrong, i didnt consider that brake fluid expands with heat so as the brake was draging it was actually applying more pressure cause even more heat and i went over the bars in about 4-5 mins of riding
I got stuck when my bike was hot and my brakes seized backing out of a parking spot. Hitting the caliper works! Great video. Now I'm working on rebuilding a salvaged second set of calipers. This covers everything. I'm going to definitely need a hair dryer to get the slide pins loose.
Great video. I haven’t seen a bleed nipple with an o ring on any of my bikes or cars before! That would certainly help when using a vacuum bleeder kit to avoid pulling air past the threads.
Thanks again man love learning something new espec when comes to my bike I need to totally change my fluid dont have to its just been 6 years prob since done it I'll ve watching that video my bike has linked brake system but should be to much diff really thanks great video and info
Question I have lots of gun cleaning tools most are really hard plastic pics and stiff plastic brushes you think that would be fine with out damaging anything I have 98 vfr800fi my girl had more then 16 years never any issues changed brakes and I feel the front slight dragging after watching this im goin to rebuild them not hard and its prob way over due honestly thanks for the breakdown hope the plastic pics will work ok
I recently had to rebuild a 81 kz750 caliper and it looked like someone had took a flathead screwdriver and started hit it with a hammer to free up the piston -.- ruined the piston. Currently still in the process of restoring the bike :) It's got the full touring setup from vetter fairings.
Would you recommend getting the old fluid out of the system before reconnecting the cleaned/overhauled caliper? Feels like pumping the old fluid into the clean caliper just risks introducing contaminates, no?
Would you recommend getting the seals wet with brake fluid BEFORE inserting them? I'm guessing you want them to be lubricated on both the caliper body side and piston side? Or it doesn't matter seeing as they'll get soaked with fluid anyway once the caliper is filled with fluid?
Hey, thanks for this vid. It was really helpful. I am having one issue though... so Idk whats wrong exactly, but those rubber seals WILL NOT go back in. I took them out, washed the calipers, and tried putting them back in and it just will not happen. Do I need to get new seals, or is there some sort of method you have to use or something? I gave it to other people too to try and nobody could do it. Please heellpppp
My atv 250r honda has a stuck sleeve w the two rubber boots like your vid.. Its stuck stuck...any suggestions to free it up i cant just tap it its froze..
@@TheMotorcycleMD Did not know if it might effect the appearance of the aluminum housing, was wandering about best practices and experiences from folks doing similar work.
mongomay1 Using anything harder than the aluminum metal can result in scoring. Brass wire brushes work great. I think a extra stiff toothbrush would work wonders with the right chemical solution.
Great vid. question On a 85 Goldwing front brake caliper, go to push in pistons to put new pads on and they wont go in, I can push 1 in at a time the other pushes out. so there not stuck. I opened the reservoir as well. I'm sure if I opened the bleeder screw or the brake line it would but not write. Any Ideas ??? Thanks
The best method to push the pistons in, is to clamp the brake hose and open the bleed screw with a rubber hose connected going into a bottle. Then push the pistons in and they will go in a lot easier as the fluid has a shorter route to travel.
Hello, i have a honda shadow srx 50cc. it is normal that after a certain distance, the brake disc and the stirrup are hot, under normal conditions of use of the brake. the wheel has relative mobility when spinning and when a spin is heard there is a slight noise, a hum. ? thank you !
Hey,very useful video as I'm probably facing the same problem with twin piston floating calipers and I'm pretty sure it's the sliding pin that's stuck on the left caliper.Do you think that could cause pulsing on the lever as I'm applying the brakes?Because my rotors are pretty much new still,as I've replaced them just this December.Any advice would be much appreciated.Thanks!
Instead of using hoseclamp, you can press the brakelever half way in and secure it with with a strip or tape. If problem with bleeding, you can bleed it from the caliper with a larger syringe filled with brakefluid. Just make sure no air come in the system at the end. Air will travel up..... Make sure to emty the brakemaster canister first with the syringe.
You have new subscriber, good job. Would you use a Dremmel to clean out the caliper housing? I think I’ve seen synthetic bristle wheels? I have some brass wire wheels? Would that damage the surface? Thanks
Hi, I made a mistake and got only one piston out of the caliper. The other one is stuck and the caliper is already disconnected an unmounted. Is compressed air the only solution now?
So I went to clean up my caliper, The bolts are seized up, I thought about heating the caliper but don't want to ruin my paint? have you got any tricks to get them out?
Boss man! I recently rebuilt my 93 honda shadow vt1100 master cylinder. New plunger with seals already installed, spring, bowl, and c clip, and rubber seal. When I put jt together it's leaking! This is my second kit and it keeps leaking from the dust boot side. Do you think there's something I'm doing wrong? Or is there something I'm missing? I was careful to put it in the way it came out
Heyhey @TheMotorcycleMD, I'm learning loads here. Just a question: what to do when your pins are suuuperseized up? Your step at 9.55... Plyers dont work, even convincing it with a hammer didn't work. Any tips?
@@lmdetect I did use a ultrasonic cleaner on a 83 1100F rear cal. it helped greatly but didnt get all that heavy crud that was under the seals, still needed scraping, it does get the places you cant get too, and brought many carbs back to running like new again.
A really good product to use on any metal components is Corrosion-X - it binds magnetically and thus shows high resistance to pressure and heat. I haven't yet tested it on my brake pistons, and it may not be a good idea there - but virtually everything else - tools, fork legs, bolts, springs, exhausts, etc... it's even safe to use on electronics and other electrical components. The items will be extremely well protected against any kind of corrosion. I can highly recommend that product, which is even quite inexpensive. c",)
may i just ask sir, my front disc brake on my bobber doesnt seems to fully grip the disc. it feels hard to use i need to pump the lever to get my front disc brake wrking how can i fisx this thanks in advance!
20:33 Your better off not using the seals on this pin . they are a very common problem on these bikes and others that use the same calipers. The seals are not totally water proof and when some water does get inside the pin area the seals actually help to retain that moisture inside and that is what causes the severe rust that will lock it up. With out the seals the water will simply evaporate away and at the most you may only have just a little surface rust that won't lock up the caliper. I use just a very thin coating of water proof grease on the pin to help protect it. I have used this method for more than 20 years and have never NEVER had a customer bike return with the same problem. NOTE the upper pin at 29:11 does not usually have this chronic problem and the seal should be retained.
"Motorcycle brakes are the life line to your safety on the road". Its your quote Mr.MD, to the conscious of your quote your explanation was splendid. I am from India, your way of approach towards cleaning and servicing was truly professional. Thankyou.
The old hydraulic systems on my bike have been giving me fits constantly, and every time I get to your videos it really gets the attention to detail that I need to actually fix the problems. I want to make a hobby of restoring these 10k mile gems.
Thanks for the info man! I've been fighting my 83' kz1100 calipers for a good while... - I cleaned up my entire calipers three times and it was still sticking. Until I watched your video I didn't realize that the calipers were supposed to move freely on those pens, LOL - now everything's in good working condition! You made a lifetime subscriber out of me thanks again man!
Free schooling for the financially challenged old man and I really appreciate and LOVE IT. Thank You
🤙🏻🤙🏻
Old man.and woman
Finally a guy with the quick get your bike off the road fix on your front brakes locked up tigh!! Great job!!
This is one of the best mc maintenance videos I have ever seen. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and professional demonstrations !
Was told to grease "everything" by another channel, glad I caught this'
dude this video is sick, youre talking your engineer brain and im so here for it. Was charged like £120 for seized calipers the other day and was curious.
Loosening everything before removing the calipers definitely an important tip, i ended up having to bolt the caliper back on just to do it
I learned this exactly the same way :-D
Thanks so much for this video. I've cleaned mine up a couple of times and gotten it to work better for the time being. One piston still sticks and doesn't move as well as the other. Been avoiding rebuilding it and spent hours trying to just buy a new one. Well 1985 came and went leaving us with no new replacements today. So after seeing the video I feel confident in buying a kit and rebuilding mine. Cheers.
I'm glad I found your site , I have brake trouble on my 83 Yamaha xvz1200 no one wants to look at it , now i can do it ..
Man, this is the best brake maintenance video on yt. Thanks and regards from Chile 🤟🏽
I’m confident I can do this to my motor scoot after watching this video! Thanks homie, from Dallas/ft. Worth texas
Just got an '03 R6, this'll help immensely! wonderfully informational, thank you
Hi from the UK Cody, Thank you for uploading this and all the rest of your videos; they’re so helpful and have given me the confidence to take on tasks that I would have paid my local Honda dealer to do.
Keep up the great work 👏🏻
Awesome man! Thanks!
Cody Rocks!!!
That tip about compressing the brake caliper was exactly what i was looking for, its the little things that make your vids awesome.
Thank you, your info was most helpful with doing up the brakes on an old Yamaha TT350 - good job !!
you SIR have saved my alot time lol and effort on cleaning those dam pistons , bought a 99 Suzuki savage that was poorly maintained and found out the pistons where bone dry and stuck and this video helped out alot ! thanks man !
Thanks Cody . Found you in a search on for a caliper rebuild . Nervous about doing it but you make it look easy . Will be attempting soon
now that's what I call instruction, awesome technique man. Loved it. Africa twin classic, new Zealand bro...
Great video! I'm working on a 2005ttrlw and have never done this type of year down before. All you said worked like a charm! Good thing you mentioned the air trick after it's been removed or I would of never got it done! Keep up the great vids...
cleaned brakes like you recommended and they're like new. You da man! Whooo whooo. .
Great video, thanks for all the tips. Everything I need in one video!
So glad found this I just did my front on my bike and as I road it felt like its dragging tonight raised front and redid thinking I might of messed up but put back and its better but still not right im goin to rebuild I think if this does not work thanks for video
Just like mine, same model. Going to change brake pads today.
Good tips, Appreciate it
Ive put a front brake lever on my dirtbike and it draged a tiny bit so i thought it would self clear on the pads by boy was i wrong, i didnt consider that brake fluid expands with heat so as the brake was draging it was actually applying more pressure cause even more heat and i went over the bars in about 4-5 mins of riding
Hi! At 20:51, what are those small rubber seals called? Mine is torn
I got stuck when my bike was hot and my brakes seized backing out of a parking spot. Hitting the caliper works!
Great video. Now I'm working on rebuilding a salvaged second set of calipers.
This covers everything. I'm going to definitely need a hair dryer to get the slide pins loose.
another great video. keep them up! this was a great help for my 4 stuck pistons
great video. Where do you get the brake hose clamp?
Great video. I haven’t seen a bleed nipple with an o ring on any of my bikes or cars before! That would certainly help when using a vacuum bleeder kit to avoid pulling air past the threads.
Thank you for informal video, I learned a lot.
I had a car that brake pads was getting worn on one side and I did not know why, Now I do
Where is the clamp you used on the brake line from?
It's not in the description
You are the man. Details that matter and tips from experience. Thanks definitely valuable info.
Thank you for the break tare down advice, best on the net. Keep it real as you always have.
Your a Gent.
Have an ole 1983 gl1100 Aspencade with the same issue I’ll soon be working on, great video, thanks!
All I can say You are Pro. great clip for sharing
Excellent instructions
Like it !
Thanks again man love learning something new espec when comes to my bike I need to totally change my fluid dont have to its just been 6 years prob since done it I'll ve watching that video my bike has linked brake system but should be to much diff really thanks great video and info
Question I have lots of gun cleaning tools most are really hard plastic pics and stiff plastic brushes you think that would be fine with out damaging anything I have 98 vfr800fi my girl had more then 16 years never any issues changed brakes and I feel the front slight dragging after watching this im goin to rebuild them not hard and its prob way over due honestly thanks for the breakdown hope the plastic pics will work ok
I recently had to rebuild a 81 kz750 caliper and it looked like someone had took a flathead screwdriver and started hit it with a hammer to free up the piston -.- ruined the piston.
Currently still in the process of restoring the bike :)
It's got the full touring setup from vetter fairings.
Again great instructed how to. I known most won't have but putting the calipair in an ultrasonic bath, would that be safer for the seal lands ?
Would you recommend getting the old fluid out of the system before reconnecting the cleaned/overhauled caliper? Feels like pumping the old fluid into the clean caliper just risks introducing contaminates, no?
Can you provide a link for that mac hose clamp please. Your video is very helpful thank you so much
Also to remove brake caliper pistons that are really bad I have used a grease gun on the the bleeder valve?? Works for me!
Now I am ready to rebuild my grinding caliper!
the piston seal used here in a honda twin piston caliper is the same as the honda city car caliper.
Man with cool beard saved my life.. great!
I’m wondering if I’ve got the right seal kit...
How hard are the pistons supposed to be to put back in?
If you lubed them up with a little brake fluid they should flow right in with finger pressure.
Would you recommend getting the seals wet with brake fluid BEFORE inserting them? I'm guessing you want them to be lubricated on both the caliper body side and piston side? Or it doesn't matter seeing as they'll get soaked with fluid anyway once the caliper is filled with fluid?
You're video was great and you sure know what you're doing. Thanks a million.
Hey, thanks for this vid. It was really helpful. I am having one issue though... so Idk whats wrong exactly, but those rubber seals WILL NOT go back in. I took them out, washed the calipers, and tried putting them back in and it just will not happen. Do I need to get new seals, or is there some sort of method you have to use or something? I gave it to other people too to try and nobody could do it. Please heellpppp
You saved my life, man. Thanks
With cleaning the area of the rubber seal inside the piston I used a dremel with a rubber wheel and it cleaned the shut outta it!
Heck yea man! Great choice of tool!
I love my dremel. I've been restoring a gsxr and everything needs cleaning. I've chewed through so many copper wire bits but they've been a god send.
My atv 250r honda has a stuck sleeve w the two rubber boots like your vid.. Its stuck stuck...any suggestions to free it up i cant just tap it its froze..
Could a person use a degreaser and tooth brush to clean the gummed up deposits to mitigate risk of scratching caliper bodies?
One person can do what ever he wants to get it clean.
@@TheMotorcycleMD Did not know if it might effect the appearance of the aluminum housing, was wandering about best practices and experiences from folks doing similar work.
mongomay1 Using anything harder than the aluminum metal can result in scoring. Brass wire brushes work great. I think a extra stiff toothbrush would work wonders with the right chemical solution.
Excellent video! Great quality instruction! Thanks Cody!
thanks to you ☺️ because you i also repaired my bike stuck caliper ❤❤
Great video - Thanks for taking the time to make it
Would bad/corroded pistons inside the caliper prevent it from being bled?
Great Video! Just what my old XR needed. Thank you.
Great video dude…I know exactly what I need to do now!
Thanks man!
So some rubbing is normal ? My wheel does rotate but is definitely not completely free. Wonder if that’s ok
Great job Cody R. You really made it look simple.
Great vid. question On a 85 Goldwing front brake caliper, go to push in pistons to put new pads on and they wont go in, I can push 1 in at a time the other pushes out. so there not stuck. I opened the reservoir as well. I'm sure if I opened the bleeder screw or the brake line it would but not write. Any Ideas ??? Thanks
The best method to push the pistons in, is to clamp the brake hose and open the bleed screw with a rubber hose connected going into a bottle. Then push the pistons in and they will go in a lot easier as the fluid has a shorter route to travel.
Saving my next oil jug to cut open. Glad yr back, intro looks great
👌🏻👌🏻
Awesome! Thank you brother, this was very helpful👍
Hello, i have a honda shadow srx 50cc. it is normal that after a certain distance, the brake disc and the stirrup are hot, under normal conditions of use of the brake. the wheel has relative mobility when spinning and when a spin is heard there is a slight noise, a hum. ? thank you !
Hey,very useful video as I'm probably facing the same problem with twin piston floating calipers and I'm pretty sure it's the sliding pin that's stuck on the left caliper.Do you think that could cause pulsing on the lever as I'm applying the brakes?Because my rotors are pretty much new still,as I've replaced them just this December.Any advice would be much appreciated.Thanks!
Hello, I send my calipers to get chrome plated and now they jump a lot, do you think I have to get the tolerances reset?
Cody...most useful information. Love the video. Thnx.
Instead of using hoseclamp, you can press the brakelever half way in and secure it with with a strip or tape.
If problem with bleeding, you can bleed it from the caliper with a larger syringe filled with brakefluid. Just make sure no air come in the system at the end. Air will travel up..... Make sure to emty the brakemaster canister first with the syringe.
You have new subscriber, good job. Would you use a Dremmel to clean out the caliper housing? I think I’ve seen synthetic bristle wheels? I have some brass wire wheels? Would that damage the surface? Thanks
Your the Best An Absolute Excellent video on brake Calipers Keep up the good work Thanks for teaching me something new.
where do i buy that way cool temporary hose clamp?
Where do we mere mortals procure specialized bits and pieces like seals, washers, bolts, clips, etc?
What pulls the piston back in the caliper ? On a rear foot brake
Cool video, thanks. What are those 'reverse' pliers called, they'd make my life a lot easier but I can seem to find them?
Brake piston pliers.
Hi, I made a mistake and got only one piston out of the caliper. The other one is stuck and the caliper is already disconnected an unmounted. Is compressed air the only solution now?
Perfect, partner..!!
Kind Regards from Brazil.
So I went to clean up my caliper, The bolts are seized up, I thought about heating the caliper but don't want to ruin my paint? have you got any tricks to get them out?
Great video with lots of tips👌
I need to get a pair of those reverse pliers My pistons are completely stuck!
Boss man! I recently rebuilt my 93 honda shadow vt1100 master cylinder. New plunger with seals already installed, spring, bowl, and c clip, and rubber seal. When I put jt together it's leaking! This is my second kit and it keeps leaking from the dust boot side. Do you think there's something I'm doing wrong? Or is there something I'm missing? I was careful to put it in the way it came out
Very thorough job, well done 👍
Can you apply this to a Valkarie too?
That's a great tutorial - thank you.
Heyhey @TheMotorcycleMD, I'm learning loads here. Just a question: what to do when your pins are suuuperseized up? Your step at 9.55... Plyers dont work, even convincing it with a hammer didn't work. Any tips?
Me too. Ended up making a parts cleaner using a 7$ pump, purple power degreaser, soak it few hrs
My pins are seized any suggestions? Thanks
Excellent! Just what I was looking for. THx
Thanks you covered it well into the garage i go.
cheers sir, i was looking re the bottom spring plate.. you answerd it perfect.
I live in Portsmouth , great VID
Could you use an ultrasonic washer to soak the calipers? Then there would less scraping to do
You absolutely could man. I just don’t assume everyone has one! Give it a go! Double check the areas after for sure
TheMotorcycleMD I don't have one either. I was just curious.
Lol
@@lmdetect I did use a ultrasonic cleaner on a 83 1100F rear cal. it helped greatly but didnt get all that heavy crud that was under the seals, still needed scraping, it does get the places you cant get too, and brought many carbs back to running like new again.
Great video. Speaking from experience, brake fluid stings like hell in your eyes. Always wear eye protection.
Where can we find the brake line clamp that you used?
excellent video mate - thanks
A really good product to use on any metal components is Corrosion-X - it binds magnetically and thus shows high resistance to pressure and heat. I haven't yet tested it on my brake pistons, and it may not be a good idea there - but virtually everything else - tools, fork legs, bolts, springs, exhausts, etc... it's even safe to use on electronics and other electrical components. The items will be extremely well protected against any kind of corrosion.
I can highly recommend that product, which is even quite inexpensive. c",)
What greese you use for what?
may i just ask sir, my front disc brake on my bobber doesnt seems to fully grip the disc. it feels hard to use i need to pump the lever to get my front disc brake wrking how can i fisx this thanks in advance!
20:33 Your better off not using the seals on this pin . they are a very common problem on these bikes and others that use the same calipers. The seals are not totally water proof and when some water does get inside the pin area the seals actually help to retain that moisture inside and that is what causes the severe rust that will lock it up. With out the seals the water will simply evaporate away and at the most you may only have just a little surface rust that won't lock up the caliper. I use just a very thin coating of water proof grease on the pin to help protect it. I have used this method for more than 20 years and have never NEVER had a customer bike return with the same problem. NOTE the upper pin at 29:11 does not usually have this chronic problem and the seal should be retained.
Thanks helps me allot on what to do with my rear brake caliper
Great vid brotha 👌🏾
Thanks man!