Front & Rear Rebuild of brake calipers

[greggh]

1998 Standard 115K

Pre spring maint

Looking to rebuild front and rear calipers.

Can i buy a rebuild kit, or do I have to buy each needed part individually?
Looked on HDL but saw no kit available, just individual parts.

Also...... where do you buy your tires at?
Front - 150/80R17
Rear - 180/70R15
I can find the front all day.
The rear size not so.....
Searching for Avons
Please advise.

Than you GreggH

[Bighead]

Greg not sure about the rebuilds Kits.
But your rear tire is a 16 not a 15 this may be why you are having trouble locating them.

[greggh]

Well crap the Bed..........
That stands to reason, Thank you
Certain I will have better luck with my search now.

Thank you Sir!

[Bone]

Well crap the Bed..........

I didn't see the 15 either !

[Bighead]

Well crap the Bed..........

Thank you Sir!

Greg that would piss off the spousal unit and I mean Quick

[Valker]

Caliper rebuild consists of elbow grease and seals only. May include some piston polishing.  Part number: 06431-MA3-405 Need one set of four seals for each caliper.

[greggh]

Well crap the Bed..........

Thank you Sir!

Greg that would piss off the spousal unit and I mean Quick

Yes I Believe it most certainly would!   

[greggh]

Valker,

4 seals per caliper
So 12 total?

[Hook#3287]

Valker,

4 seals per caliper
So 12 total?

Yes and they're all the same except for the Interstate rear.

[greggh]

Awesome..........

Thank You all so very much!!!!!

[Gkast]

For what its worth, look to see what an entire new caliper will cost and see if the difference in cost and your time to rebuild them is worth your time and money.

I had to do this on my VTX, and it was worth the little extra money to get new calipers.

I thought about rebuilding them, but I wanted to spend the time riding, not wrenching.

Something to consider.
G

[Bighead]

Can't take that much time to rebuild them.

[indybobm]

Yes, a total of 12 seals but it is 6 sets of 2 seals. Each set has 2 seals, a piston seal and a dust seal. 6 pistons total, 6 sets of seals.

[Hook#3287]

For what its worth, look to see what an entire new caliper will cost and see if the difference in cost and your time to rebuild them is worth your time and money.

I had to do this on my VTX, and it was worth the little extra money to get new calipers.

I thought about rebuilding them, but I wanted to spend the time riding, not wrenching.

Something to consider.
G

New calipers from Partzilla  Front $217.00  Rear $249.00   the rear for I/S not available.
You still gotta buy pads.

New seals from Partzilla  $5.20 set.
New pistons from Partzilla $22.00 eac,. but usually are reusable.
Everything else is reusable, maybe new rubber boots  @ 3.80 each.

So, new seals, pistons, and boots are going to cost you about $ 70.00
 
Replacing the seals takes less than an hour after caliper removal, if you take your time and clean everything.

So doing the math, you save about $150.00 rebuilding, than buying new.

I've rebuilt over a dozen and never bought a new one, but I like tinkering with my bikes, some don't.

[greggh]

For what its worth, look to see what an entire new caliper will cost and see if the difference in cost and your time to rebuild them is worth your time and money.

I had to do this on my VTX, and it was worth the little extra money to get new calipers.

I thought about rebuilding them, but I wanted to spend the time riding, not wrenching.

Something to consider.
G

New calipers from Partzilla  Front $217.00  Rear $249.00   the rear for I/S not available.
You still gotta buy pads.

New seals from Partzilla  $5.20 set.
New pistons from Partzilla $22.00 eac,. but usually are reusable.
Everything else is reusable, maybe new rubber boots  @ 3.80 each.

So, new seals, pistons, and boots are going to cost you about $ 70.00
 
Replacing the seals takes less than an hour after caliper removal, if you take your time and clean everything.

So doing the math, you save about $150.00 rebuilding, than buying new.

I've rebuilt over a dozen and never bought a new one, but I like tinkering with my bikes, some don't.

I don't mind the work and the savings is totally worth it to me.

Thank you.

Greggh

[hubcapsc]

I think it makes the brakes work great to rebuild/clean them,
but I never felt any need to replace any of my pistons...

-Mike

[greggh]

What exactly do you use to clean the Pistons on the master cylinders as to not score them but just to clean them up and get them back to as good as shape as possible

[hubcapsc]

What exactly do you use to clean the Pistons on the master cylinders as to not score them but just to clean them up and get them back to as good as shape as possible

I use brake fluid with 1500 grit sandpaper...



-Mike

[..]

This for a rear tire?

http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,90404.0.html

[Jess from VA]

When washing my bikes, I usually spray S100 or mildly corrosive wheel/mag cleaner on the brakes and use small stiff bristle brushes to scrub the heck out of them.  You always want to rinse well with water after using these mildly corrosive fluids.

But when detailing my brakes (usually when calipers are off for tire changes), I get out my gun cleaning solvent (Shooter's Choice), pistol rod, and brass/bronze brushes.  I push the pistons out (but not all the way out), and scrub the heck out of them.

Both of these actions give me immediate improvement in brake operations.  And I've never had to rebuild seals or anything.







This stuff works great on cleaning up all sorts of bike (machinery) related stuff.  As my brushes and gun tools get worn out, they get moved to the bike cleaning stuff in the shed.