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A shot of compressed air also gets them out but put a rag in the caliper to catch them. The usual reason the pistons don't want to go all the way in is a build up of crud on the outside of the exposed piston. Clean everything up, put in new seals and dust seals. Wet everything, inside of caliper cylinders, pistons and rubber parts with brake fluid before reassembling. Flush plenty of fresh fluid through the system before re-connecting the brake line, and wipe out any gunk in the master cylinder.

 

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SoulvilleUSA wrote:

This bike reminds me of an old MGB I used to have.... if you fix something in one place, it puts just enough strain on something else to break it.... with everything kept half-repaired, it ran like a dream... Zen and the art of shade-tree mechanicing!

MGB! I had a 1957 MGA that almost made me disown the family name since it came from England too.

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Don't know, if the silicone grease is soluble in brake fluid which is a pretty good solvent. The book recommends soaking the rubber parts in DOT4 or whatever your bike needs and wiping the cylinder and piston with brake fluid. I prefer to have a clean dry exterior surface on the piston so that it doesn't collect dirt and drag it back into the seals.

 

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In that case I'd agree with the idea. But I still don't like the idea of any grease on the outside of the exposed part of the pistons, it's gonna collect dirt and crud.