Tom24GR
Member
Hello everyone,
After taking my calipers off the 2007 FZ6 I recently purchased I realized that 2 out of 4 pistons on each of my two front calipers are seized. Since the bike has 24,000 miles and I found a good caliper rebuild kit for a good price I would like to rebuild it (with new pistons and all brake pad hardware included).
My question is whether I will need the star shaped Yamaha caliper socket to do this job. Alternatively does anyone know what size it is and whether or not a large enough torx socket will do that job.
Does this tool make it possible for the piston to come out of the back of the caliper rather than through where the pads sit? I was under the impression that I could just take the pads out and keep pumping the brakes until the pistons came out of their seal.
Thanks in advance.
After taking my calipers off the 2007 FZ6 I recently purchased I realized that 2 out of 4 pistons on each of my two front calipers are seized. Since the bike has 24,000 miles and I found a good caliper rebuild kit for a good price I would like to rebuild it (with new pistons and all brake pad hardware included).
My question is whether I will need the star shaped Yamaha caliper socket to do this job. Alternatively does anyone know what size it is and whether or not a large enough torx socket will do that job.
Does this tool make it possible for the piston to come out of the back of the caliper rather than through where the pads sit? I was under the impression that I could just take the pads out and keep pumping the brakes until the pistons came out of their seal.
Thanks in advance.