Rebuilding a front brake caliper.

[Eckhard Grohe]

One of my front brake callipers has sticky piston/s and the pad wore out in 16K miles. I have the rebuild kit.

 

What are the tips, tricks and traps I should know about before I start.

 

Once that is done I am going to do the SST brake line replacement.

 

Thanks

[Ken H.]

It's pretty much standard stuff. If you've ever rebuilt the caliper on most any other vehicle, you can do this one. Nothing unique about it that I'm aware of.

[R1100RSpurist]

Hello, I just recently did this job on my RS and found a great trick to remove those bothersome rubber seals in the calliper is to use a medium size fish-hook and poke the old seals and pull them out. make sure everything is nice and lubed with the oil they provide you. The Haynes manual has a section dedicated the the rebuilding of the caliper and is very helpful.

[Keith S]

Eckhard

Just rebuilt the front caliper on my RT. My main concern was installing the piston, after applying the lub that comes with the kit the piston just slid in. I was amazed how easy it was.

 

Keith