At 06:53 AM 1/6/04 -0500, James Spillane wrote: >Mine never did that again after I rebuilt the caliper with a new piston and >seals. >The brake fluid can also cause it if it's dirty or gummy, so flush and >replace it.
Guys, I do appreciate the suggestions, but don'tcha think I'd have done the obvious things first? These calipers have been done inside of a year ago, with new fluid and a flush out. The pistons are fine, seals are fine, master is fine. You can retract the pistons with a good hard push of the thumbs, and hanger pivots are free-acting. Problem is easily defined: pucks are sticking into caliper bores. Can see that whitish stuff coming from the AL caliper body and can see some rust on puck OD. Doesn't seem to matter if the brakes get wet, and for that matter, I keep it under a roof and they don't. Pucks can't be removed from body w/o lots of wriggling and prying or pumping out. Once all is cleaned up, things are fine. For a few weeks. Considering the adventures others have had with puck-lubing, I'm reluctant to try it. Don't want to define this as an impossible sitch though. Regards, Hoyt McKagen Please update bookmarks: Belfab CNC - http://belfab.freeyellow.com/belfab.html Best MC - http://batwings.freeyellow.com/best.html Camping/Caving - http://batwings.freeyellow.com/caving.html Two-Wheel-Tech List - http://batwings.freeyellow.com/2whfaq.html The universe was not created by God ... the universe *IS* God
