I'm beating my head against the wall trying to get these pins out. Anyone have any special tricks for getting them out? They look like they have been in there forever. I did a search and didn't come up with anything really helpful. (96 GS500) This is my 1st time trying to rebuild/restore a bike. Its amazing how it can just take over your life if you let it!
For what its worth, the Brits really have some good videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/DrivenandRidden
I bought the complete DVD set and it is outstanding. The youtube videos might help you. Fortunately I bought a PAL dvd player in Germany and my TV doesn't care whether I feed it NTSC or PAL.
FYI: Most players can do NTSC or PAL. Problem is the DVD gestapo dictated you can change regions only 5 times (same for computer DVD drives). FORTUNATELY - you can find web sites that let you punch in a secret manufacturer code through your remote to make your player region free. If you make your DVD drive region free, you can play PAL. OR put 2 drives in and let one go NTSC and the other PAL region (if you have room or just by an extra external drive for $25)
My 02 rear caliper pins have been stuck for many years now thru a number of pad changes and since I pop the pistons and clean them each pad change it's not too much of a problem for me. The pins are frozen in the outer half of the caliper where they go thru a hole but are still free in the blind hole in the backside half of the caliper so I just unbolt the 2 halves and pull them apart to remove the pads leaving the pins stuck. Of course bleeding is always necessary after reassambly is done.
Stuck caliper pins is a way of life if you ride all winter thru puddles of salt water as I do and a rusty bike is also normal here too. :icon_lol: Now the front caliper pin must come out for pad removal and I've spent an hour getting it out a couple times. If it's not too bad some penetrating oil will help but usually I have to heat the caliper casting around the pin with a propane tourch to get it free. One of the costs of winter riding.
It happened to me in my 1997 GS. Removed rear brake fluid reservoir cover, took out the rear caliper (no need to remove the tubes), a little bit of wd40 on the pins, and 30min after I could force them a bit with a clamp. After they moved a bit, I could easily push them with my fingers.
Good luck!
:cheers:
I had to cut mine out once using a mini cutting wheel (Dremmel).
Bassman
Quote from: bassman on August 18, 2011, 09:37:18 AM
I had to cut mine out once using a mini cutting wheel (Dremmel).
Bassman
Wooww :cookoo:
Quote from: piresito on August 19, 2011, 05:03:00 AM
Quote from: bassman on August 18, 2011, 09:37:18 AM
I had to cut mine out once using a mini cutting wheel (Dremmel).
Bassman
Wooww :cookoo:
I really did. They had become so corroded over the British winter (salt on the road) that cutting them was the only they could be
removed without seperating the caliper. Cutting enabled me to withdraw the pins from their recess on the bike side of the caliper, and then enable me to use a drift (a bradawl actually!) to drive the remaining peices of pins from outside of the caliper into the caliper and then out. Replacing these parts/greasing is a basic, regular, maintenance job. Do I observe this basic routine maintenance? Do I 'eck! :icon_lol: