Ted's 'storm resto

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I meant to say nice quality photo's too which is always good :thumbup:

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So this afternoon I started on the calipers....got the back one done 1st, then 1/2 way through the 1st front one and ran out of brake cleaner...d'oh! :thumbdown:

Will pick up more cleaner tomorrow and finish them off tomorrow evening when I get in from work.

So, so far they look like this:

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You should spilt the callipers, pull pistons out, check seals and you can get right into all the intricate areas for a good clean. When I first done mine the brake fluid behind the pistons resembled thick caramelised toffee like substance. Looking good so far and at appears all the bike is requiring is a good clean and some TLC.

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cybercarl wrote:You should spilt the callipers, pull pistons out, check seals and you can get right into all the intricate areas for a good clean.

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Is the TORX type socket easy to get hold of then?
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IIRC you can use a 12pt regular socket on them. :thumbup:

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cybercarl wrote:IIRC you can use a 12pt regular socket on them. :thumbup:

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Cheers for that - I'll try it tomorrow evening :thumbup:
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Don't be tempted to push the pistons back into the calliper to see if there free, pits and rust on the pistons will bugger up the seals etc.

Take them out and clean them, i was always told to polish them with "Brasso" and I've always done that since, i soak the seals first then install the pistons etc. I had a ZX9 once and had to do this yearly.

Most rock ups appear when people fit new pads and just push the pistons back in without cleaning them and then 3 months later the seals leak.

Your doing some great work on the bike.
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Thanks bigtwinthing - I got your PM, but I can't reply to it as I haven't talked enough on here!! :lol:
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Look what arrived in the post today......shiny things!! :D

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Jeez, that MotoBatt is a squeeze to get it in!!





And by the way...I'm still bricking it about doing the CCT's!!! :eek2
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And by the way...I'm still bricking it about doing the CCT's!!! :eek2
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Cheers Carl, I've read that - still cacking it though!!!
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I read this on the APE website....WHEN REPLACING ANY HYDRAULIC OEM TENSIONER WITH A MANUAL TENSIONER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO BLOCK OFF THE OIL PASSAGE THAT SUPPLIED THE OEM TENSIONER. FAILURE TO DO SO COULD RESULT IN A LOW OIL PRESSURE SITUATION.

Carl, or anyone else who's done the manual CCT conversion, can you shed any light on this? :confused
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As far as I know our CCT's are powered by weak springs that fail hence the switch to Manuals, not hydraulic at all.

No need to block any oil passages as far as I know, unless I'm totally wrong
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Ted77 wrote:I read this on the APE website....WHEN REPLACING ANY HYDRAULIC OEM TENSIONER WITH A MANUAL TENSIONER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO BLOCK OFF THE OIL PASSAGE THAT SUPPLIED THE OEM TENSIONER. FAILURE TO DO SO COULD RESULT IN A LOW OIL PRESSURE SITUATION.

Carl, or anyone else who's done the manual CCT conversion, can you shed any light on this? :confused
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