100 DAYS UNTILL 2014 RACE SEASON

[lrrs428]

Motor is at Sean's Chassis is 90% done the time to freshin' up the B Bike

[Jim]

Bike is ready for CMP.

[Chippertheripper]

Today is race 3 of the season.

[Kurlon]

Why didn't anyone tell me about brake piston pliers before now?!

[lrrs428]

32 Days and we still have 2 1/2 feet of snow here In Littleton NH about 1hr 20min North of NHMS

[lrrs428]

31 Days

[GixerJockey]

Why didn't anyone tell me about brake piston pliers before now?!

What are these brake piston pliers that you speak of?


(asked 6 days after I finished rebuilding my calipers)

[Kurlon]

http://www.amazon.com/Piston-Removal...+piston+pliers

Made caliper cleaning a breeze. Rotate, insert or remove pistons without drama.

Now all I need to figure out is what the difference is between FA252 and FA380 pads and I'll be golden.

[GixerJockey]

I see... I just used compressed air to pop the pistons out. Takes 3 seconds.

[Jim]

You can rotate the pistons with those pliers? Nice find josh

[GixerJockey]

You can rotate the pistons with those pliers? Nice find josh

Sure you can. They grab from the inside of the piston.


What issue would require you to rotate the pistons to solve it?

[Kurlon]

Sure you can. They grab from the inside of the piston.

What issue would require you to rotate the pistons to solve it?

Cleaning pistons without doing a full teardown in my case. My toothbrush doesn't do a good job when forced to squeeze between the body and the piston. If I rotate I can get all the way around nice and shiny.

[timmyho414]

I've used 90 deg snap ring pliers, worked ok but those would be really nice.

I'm saving that link.

[Gecko]

Now all I need to figure out is what the difference is between FA252 and FA380 pads and I'll be golden.

Easy:

FA380 - FA252 = FA128

[Gecko]

http://www.amazon.com/Piston-Removal...+piston+pliers

Made caliper cleaning a breeze. Rotate, insert or remove pistons without drama.

As used:

[Jim]

Cleaning pistons without doing a full teardown in my case. My toothbrush doesn't do a good job when forced to squeeze between the body and the piston. If I rotate I can get all the way around nice and shiny.

exactly what i would want them for.

[CBR929RE]

I want a set too

[Jim]

i dont know how i feel about using that soap in the video.
does anyone oil the pistons, or just use brake fluid?

[Dave603]

http://www.amazon.com/Piston-Removal...+piston+pliers

Made caliper cleaning a breeze. Rotate, insert or remove pistons without drama.

Now all I need to figure out is what the difference is between FA252 and FA380 pads and I'll be golden.

Just ordered me a set of those, thanks for sharing the link!

[GixerJockey]

i dont know how i feel about using that soap in the video.
does anyone oil the pistons, or just use brake fluid?

Brake fluid... That shit is slippery as hell.

[timmyho414]

oil WILL destroy all rubber in a brake system

[Jim]

oil WILL destroy all rubber in a brake system

that's what i was thinking.

[timmyho414]

supposedly Brembo has some caliper grease but I've never used it.

[soofle616]

Motor is back together and half bolted to the frame. Was in the process of tightening the right side slider bolt when the head snapped off. New bolts for both sliders are shipping out from woodcraft today since I my usual go to spots for metric stuff didn't have suitable replacements. Pretty much stalled until those arrive. I'll finish rebuilding my other caliper tonight and maybe swap the new rear sprocket and front brake rotors onto the wheels but otherwise I'm stuck until the frame and motor are properly secured to each other.

[Trouble]

I got the good news that my motor is done and ready to be picked up. Hopefully I'll be playing hokey some day this week and heading down to Souhegan Valley Motorsports...

I'm psyched to pick it up and begin re-assembly but the temps this morning were less than motivating. I saw -6 degrees F on the way in to work this morning.