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The only hard part is.. depending on the age of the bike ( I own a 1200) the caliber pins can get really sticky.... and I mean almost welded./forums/images/emoticons/tongue.gif.. Worst case in my brake career .... I once had to use a new caliper keeper pin to drift the old pin out/forums/images/emoticons/shock.gif .. which worked, but ruined the new pin./forums/images/emoticons/shock.gif. they are cheap, but...... I spent about an hour honing out the pin hole with fine emery paper wrapped around a smaller drill, until the new pins just slid in... The grease on the back of the brake pads is not nearly so critical as a) a shop cloth covering the bike to protect it from the resevoir overflow, as you push the pistons back in......... and b) making sure the pistons will move freely in the cylinders.. SilverDave /forums/images/emoticons/emoticonsxtra/cooldj.gif
The only hard part is.. depending on the age of the bike ( I own a 1200) the caliber pins can get really sticky.... and I mean almost welded./forums/images/emoticons/tongue.gif.. Worst case in my brake career .... I once had to use a new caliper keeper pin to drift the old pin out/forums/images/emoticons/shock.gif .. which worked, but ruined the new pin./forums/images/emoticons/shock.gif. they are cheap, but...... I spent about an hour honing out the pin hole with fine emery paper wrapped around a smaller drill, until the new pins just slid in... The grease on the back of the brake pads is not nearly so critical as a) a shop cloth covering the bike to protect it from the resevoir overflow, as you push the pistons back in......... and b) making sure the pistons will move freely in the cylinders.. SilverDave /forums/images/emoticons/emoticonsxtra/cooldj.gif
