Front brake caliper

[WoodyFL]

Riding up to Myrtle Beach on Thursday to visit Laurie's brother and his wife and take a look at Myrtle Beach Bike Week. Inspected the rear brake and all ok. Went to check the front brakes and the hanger pin was froze (right caliper). Got an extractor and got that one out. Put in new pads and went over to the left side. That pin was froze so bad that the extractor broke (on an angle of course). I've tried heating and tapping it but no luck. Nothing to grab on to. I'm thinking I may have to get a new caliper, though I'm not sure if I'll get in time by Thursday.

Any ideas or sources of getting a quick ship on a left caliper or how to get that extractor out?


Bob

[Chrisj CMA]

It will mess up the pin but at this point seems acceptable.  Remove the caliper and get it at the right angle.  clamp a vise grips on the pin and after letting penetrating oil from both sides soak in crank it with the wrench as a lever.  MAKE SURE you are cranking the correct direction.  It should break loose.  Then file down the burs if you need to so the threads don't get wrecked and remove the pin.

[WoodyFL]

Thanks Jeff, I'll give it a try.

[da prez]

  Woody , If all else fails , I will over night you a caliper . PM me if needed. Try a small chisel in the extractor , but you will have the same problem. Vise grips on the pin may work. Tap, tap , tap with a small hammer on the pin. WD 40 (?) to soak the thread.   

                                        da prez

[WoodyFL]

Thanks Prez!.
I'll let you know. Gonna try and break it free tomorrow. If that fails, I may just wait till I get back and deal with it then. Going to test ride tomorrow to make sure it doesn't pull. New pads on the right and the left has still a little meat on them.

And thanks again for the offer!

[Cracker Jack]

Thanks Prez!.
I'll let you know. Gonna try and break it free tomorrow. If that fails, I may just wait till I get back and deal with it then. Going to test ride tomorrow to make sure it doesn't pull. New pads on the right and the left has still a little meat on them.

And thanks again for the offer!

Uneven braking on the two discs will not cause it to "pull". The actual braking force is still centered on the bike with only one wheel.  Many bikes only have one front disc.

[WoodyFL]

Since I had some meat left on the pads I decided to wait till I was ready to do maintenance. Finally got around to it today. I had tried a few weeks ago to use some penetrating oil with some 'skinny' vice grips.
Didn't do anything. So I took the caliper off today and put it in my bench vise.  My BIL brought some stuff called 'BRREaker' by Drummond. It 'freezes' the parts and lets the penetrating oil soak in. I sprayed the BRREaker in the pin, clamped a full size vice grips on it and it broke free!. Was really worried that I was going to have to buy a used caliper, but the threads were good and I have a new pin to insert. Just ordered some seals to re-build the caliper and I think I'm home free!!!.

Thanks for the suggestion Jeff.

In the meantime, I've taken apart the fairing getting ready to put on a new Clearview shield. Started replacing lamps with LED's. Hopefully in a few weeks I'll have her up and running again.

Just wanted to update the thread and let you know that I wasn't ignoring it.

Thanks all!!!


Bob

[WoodyFL]

here's the product.

[Hooter]

Wonder if it's better than PB Blaster? I like that stuff.

[DeathWishBikerDude]

Those pins tightened from the factory?
No need for tremendous torque here,and some grease prevents frozen threads at the next brake job.

[WoodyFL]

Wonder if it's better than PB Blaster? I like that stuff.

I had tried Aerokroil penetrate but no success. This stuff worked great, though I must say the other stuff was tried with the caliper on the bike so that could have had something to do with it.

[WoodyFL]

Those pins tightened from the factory?
No need for tremendous torque here,and some grease prevents frozen threads at the next brake job.

No, the PO had changed pads a few years back. I'm thinking was just time. I will put some anti-seize on the pins when they go back in.

Bob