On Jun 8, 11:12*pm, mark <m...@martem.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <isor81$1cr...@adenine.netfront.net>, Frooty
> <fro...@ATdsl.pipex.com> writes
>
> >So yes, it requires a bit of elbow grease & a wee bit of mechanical
> >know-how, but costs virtually nothing to do.
>
> I'm not worried about actually doing the job.
> Its just a bugger *if* you mess up a seal when you haven't got a spare
> to hand.

Hence the catalogue.

Brembo are ****ers when it comes to seals. For their goldline
calipers you can only buy a service pack which is seals plus pistons.
I've compared the seals to the generic ones from the link I gave and I
can't see any difference. I fitted some as an 'experiment' to my
K1100 and it's worked fine. I'd be happy to do the same again.

Strangely though I can get seals for the brembo brakes fitted to my
KTM.

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<c9c6bc15-d508-4e2e-90fa-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Stephen <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>On Jun 8, 11:12*pm, mark <m...@martem.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> In message <isor81$1cr...@adenine.netfront.net>, Frooty
>> <fro...@ATdsl.pipex.com> writes
>>
>> >So yes, it requires a bit of elbow grease & a wee bit of mechanical
>> >know-how, but costs virtually nothing to do.
>>
>> I'm not worried about actually doing the job.
>> Its just a bugger *if* you mess up a seal when you haven't got a spare
>> to hand.
>
>Hence the catalogue.

Cheers for that. It looks like I will have to take the pistons out to
measure for seals though.
I'll have to be careful not to do the job on an 'eleventh hour' basis
>
>Brembo are ****ers when it comes to seals. For their goldline
>calipers you can only buy a service pack which is seals plus pistons.
>I've compared the seals to the generic ones from the link I gave and I
>can't see any difference. I fitted some as an 'experiment' to my
>K1100 and it's worked fine. I'd be happy to do the same again.

Seems to be the case. Lot's of moaning online about it.
I spoke to my brother about it this morning and he said that there's
lots [1] of modern calipers [2] that are difficult to get seals and
pistons for.
>
>Strangely though I can get seals for the brembo brakes fitted to my
>KTM.

I did see that during my googling.


1. Not just Brembo's
2. Car stuff

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Mark Roberts