Re: Front Brake Caliper 1977 CB550F
Posted by vern401 on
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Front-Brake-Caliper-1977-CB550F-tp919341p926286.html
Not a bad price for Ebay. if you know someone with an easy out and a drill bit for it you may be able to get it out that way if you want. Does the piston move in and out easily? If it does and it's not leaking the seals are probably still good. I took one that did not want to move back in and cleaned it out with Pine-Sol and a tooth brush. Now it is working just fine. It had a build up of old fluid in there that was stopping it from moving freely. This also worked with the master cylendar on the same bike. It had sat for years. If you do it right you realy dont need a bleeder to bleed the caliper but it takes longer to do it. For $30 I'd do just what your talking about doing. My 78 750F has a bad bleeder on the rear but the caliper works just fine so I am not going to mess with it until it needs it.
Enjoy the bike and ride safe.
Vern
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Front-Brake-Caliper-1977-CB550F-tp919341p926286.html
Not a bad price for Ebay. if you know someone with an easy out and a drill bit for it you may be able to get it out that way if you want. Does the piston move in and out easily? If it does and it's not leaking the seals are probably still good. I took one that did not want to move back in and cleaned it out with Pine-Sol and a tooth brush. Now it is working just fine. It had a build up of old fluid in there that was stopping it from moving freely. This also worked with the master cylendar on the same bike. It had sat for years. If you do it right you realy dont need a bleeder to bleed the caliper but it takes longer to do it. For $30 I'd do just what your talking about doing. My 78 750F has a bad bleeder on the rear but the caliper works just fine so I am not going to mess with it until it needs it.
Enjoy the bike and ride safe.
Vern
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