seized caliper

[bibs 0]

Hello all,
I was bleeding my front brake on a cb250n yesterday and was happy to finally get it done, only then did i realise its seized shut, whats the best way to sort this out as superdream calipers are either too much cash or i just cant find them.
thanks guys.
o yeh i also got a differant headlight that wont fit all the electrics in, any advice on wehat to do with it all?
thanks again

[Chadatious 0]

@bibs wrote:

Hello all,
I was bleeding my front brake on a cb250n yesterday and was happy to finally get it done, only then did i realise its seized shut, whats the best way to sort this out as superdream calipers are either too much cash or i just cant find them.
thanks guys.
o yeh i also got a differant headlight that wont fit all the electrics in, any advice on wehat to do with it all?
thanks again

put electricts in the headstock

and how much is a seal kit rebuilt it all etc?

[bibs 0]

hi,
i dont think they will all fit in the head thats the problem.
I think they are around 25-30? just didnt know if theres anything i could do insted of buying one.
cheers chadatious

@Chadatious wrote:

@bibs wrote:

Hello all,
I was bleeding my front brake on a cb250n yesterday and was happy to finally get it done, only then did i realise its seized shut, whats the best way to sort this out as superdream calipers are either too much cash or i just cant find them.
thanks guys.
o yeh i also got a differant headlight that wont fit all the electrics in, any advice on wehat to do with it all?
thanks again

put electricts in the headstock

and how much is a seal kit rebuilt it all etc?

[Chadatious 0]

all you could do is try taking it off and clean the caliper, possibly take pistons out etc, may be worth a pot as it wont cost anything.

and not sure on wires then when i had my bandit i put doms on and had to stretch wired behind the headstock under the tank

[bibs 0]

thanks chadiatious,
Ill get on strippin it this week, didnt know if there was some trick im missing as im a bit of a newbie thats all.
cheers mate

@Chadatious wrote:

all you could do is try taking it off and clean the caliper, possibly take pistons out etc, may be worth a pot as it wont cost anything.

and not sure on wires then when i had my bandit i put doms on and had to stretch wired behind the headstock under the tank

[Chadatious 0]

If their sticking mate they need sorting. Saying that my sv kept sticking and the disc was bent

[dick65 0]

for seals try ebay or http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/

[bibs 0]

its off the road as i have the engine out giving it a paint job so i have a bit of time to get it opened.

thanks i will use them as ive got a couple of things and they are on it.

[pugs 0]

try gently heating the calliper .put it in a vice and try working the piston backwards and forwards,with a pair of slip joint plyers,or try a local garage and see if they have a high pressure airline and try blowing the piston out,but only use the last idea as a last resort,also i,ve soaked one in wd 40 for a few days as well .just got to keep trying it.hope this helps as mine did this a few times,i split the calliper and that works as well

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@pugs wrote:

try gently heating the calliper .put it in a vice and try working the piston backwards and forwards,with a pair of slip joint plyers,or try a local garage and see if they have a high pressure airline and try blowing the piston out,but only use the last idea as a last resort,also i,ve soaked one in wd 40 for a few days as well .just got to keep trying it.hope this helps as mine did this a few times,i split the calliper and that works as well

good advice

[andyhutch 0]

had this on my xjr, soak the caliper in parrafin for 24hrs, worked a treat, quite easy to strip down and clean then new seals all round

[haveugot1 0]

Yeah me bro has this problem on his mk2 b6 but the pins r seized will have to strip them down for him.

[dick65 0]

when youve stripped them and before re-assembly give them a thorough clean with brake cleaner to get rid of all traces of wd40 or whatever youve used

[madsod 0]

I put mine on top of a hot tank for 20 mins , then air line and out the piston came . would not move with the air line before . got a full set up of Ebay for the RF hanger caliper . etc for just £9 .

[bibs 0]

hi,
thanks alot guys for all your help, will get onto it when i have a spare hour and let you know the outcome, i think it should be ok.
cheers