hi well basically the problem is that i took the wheels off for painting and now its come back to putting the front wheel back on i cant get the disk into the caliper its asif the pads are locked shut i even tried holding them open with my fingers but it didnt work what do i need to do to get the pads to open up abit so i can get the wheel back on? cheers james
take the pads out and force the pistons back mate flathead always does the job for me OR i did it once taking the caliper off the bike and putting my variator locking tool thru were the pads go and evenly pushing the pistons back your call
lol not a clue how 2 do that the methods ive been told and ive tried so far are stick a flathead inbetween pads which failed (pads didn move) and undo bleed nipple which is like evry other screw/nut on my bike a complete and utter bastard 2 remove
Have you taken the caliper off the forks? If no take it off, put the wheel back on and put the caliper on after that. Just dont forget to pump the brake a few times after its all back topgether because it wont work first few times.
sorted it eventualy took breaks off the bike used impact wrench to get the nipple off and stuck a screwdriver inbetween the pads to open them up again and it sqirted out a load of break fluid i havn't got to test the breaks yet as the engine and rear wheel isnt sorted yet but im guessing im going to need to replace the fluid and bleed the breaks again? any one know how they locked up closed and only when the fluid came out they opened up as they wer fine before and the wheel has only been off a few days? cheers for all the help tho
take the caliper off and rebuild it, wip the piston out and take the seals out too, clean the grooves up nicelly and either get dsome new seals or if your old ones are decent put them back in.piston back in , caliper on and bleed it. will be good as new
