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Did you just replace the seals or also cleaned your calipers? I wonder if the same results would've been achieved just by cleaning everything and reusing the old seals.
I'm getting half a turn on my rear wheel at the moment, guess I'll find out soon enough as I don't have new seals.
On the FZ fronts (S2), (4 piston pots) I first pulled them apart, cleaned them (they were't bad at all visably) and used brake specific grease (made for caliper pistons/seals etc). It helped alot but 9-10 months later, they were sticking again, not as bad, but still sticking.. It wasn't worth cleaning again and regreasing for $80.00 so it was time..
I bought the seals on-line, (about $80.00 delivered to my door) dealer cost is considerably more expensive.
Obviously, they were still pretty clean for the rebuild. If you have an air compressor, it makes things considerably easier removing the pistons as they will be sticking (at least one). With the air compressor, I just put a small piece of rubber hose, cut on an angle, fit it in the housing (for the piston I was trying to remove) and put about 100 PSI in there (with a rag over the piston) AND YOUR FINGERS OUT OF THE WAY, popped it right out.
Do a search, there's more posts re re-building the calipers.
Besides the air compressor, the biggest PIA is just bleeding the system that's now bone dry...
BTW, comparing the old seals to the new ones, I could NOT see or feel any difference (with fingers and sight) but once assembled, easily 4 times better, NO DRAGGING and a tight lever.. I do have TWO, SS direct lines so bleeding was a little easier than the hoop over the fender...
Note, for the rear, its just one dust seal and one main seal so its considerably easier and cheaper to just re-seal. There's only one piston so you can pop it out just pumping the rear brake pedal using hydralic's. To clean and lube will help, but you'll be doing it again..
**Also, BEFORE you do anything (for the rear or the fronts for the 04-06), there are two bolts that hold the caliper to the swingarm bracket/fork. The caliper is designed to float and center itself as the pads wear. Make sure both of those bolts (and the sliding part of the bolt are NOT GUMMED UP from old grease or rusted.. Should they not be "floating" any more, it'll cause some dragging and un-even brake/rotor wear. ***Use brake specific grease after cleaning**..
I clean and re-grease at least with every pad change, more often when I'm playing on the bike..
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