Hope you read this because I have a mega tip for you, that has saved me a few times rebuilding calipers. Put whatever size socket fits inside the stuck piston, and use a ratchet with a extension bar between the piston wall and socket, and simply turn It out. If it spins, it'll come out 😉
I use a blind puller to pull stuck pistons. Very often it’s just the slippery nature of them making them hard to come out, but a blind puller grips the inside enough to do the job.
Nice job like allways do, but I 'm changing seals every time when pistons are blocked, it's just 2 euros here in Serbia. Anyway you're doing great job, pleasure to watch. Greetings from sunny Belgrade
Top tip…..If you put a small socket in the piston , then use a 1/4 ratchet and extension, the extension will trap against the socket and you will be able start turning the piston which will let you pull it whilst turning it, no fear of scratching the piston with pillars then
@@lanceoverton5919 Good ol' trick. I don't think brake piston pliers are particularly expensive either. Just as caliper piston SEALS also aren't. Never risk refitting ,compressed and possibly damaged old ones. Also do as the manual says in using BRAKE FLUID on parts during rebuilding. Do not contaminate the brake fluid you're about to put in there with red rubber grease. That's stuff that's just not meant to be in there!
@@motomaggs7164 It's a bit dangerous, though - to NOT renew the seals. Especially if they've been poked out with picks and layed down on the ground.(concrete kerbside) They'll be distorted from compression ,dirty and likely damaged in some way. For sake of 4 or 5 quid ALWAYS renew them. Otherwise it's likely brake fluid will soon be seaping out and on to your discs resulting in catastrophic consequences when the brakes fail. Just saying-as I'd hate anything awefull to happen as a result of such practise.
Hi Steve. Had a bit of a laugh watching this very entertaining vid. But,do you have any training or qualifications which enable you to do this work? Hoping the reply is not the old- "Well I've been tinkering & working on bikes since the age of 11 with no problems, so consider myself self taught." All the breast, Take care, 😅 The Dirt Warrior.
18:18 I know you are using care here and explaining that you really should not do this, yet you can get pliers exactly for the job of moving the pistons. Draper 30838 is an example of such pliers, they apply force to the inside of the piston.
Yes you can get pliers that grip the insides of the pistons but they often do not work which is why, so long as you take care and be careful you can use normal pliers or mole grips to remove the pistons
