[]I'm overhaulin' the front brake, and can't get the piston out of the caliper, can anybody help?
also, whats a good way of supporting the bike(off the ground) so I can work on the wheels?
the bike has no main stand!![sm=helpout.gif] have a good one and cheers, Andy

 

Andy, get a motorcycle jack. You will probably need to take off the exhaust to lift it, but after you strap it down it won't go anywhere. As far as the caliper a lot of them have a ring clip that keeps them from pulling through. bike bandit check this site out. See if you can't find the hold-up on the schematic. Goto the OEM parts section, and you can look it up.

 

Re: raising the bike, if you want to do it the "low rent" way, find a suitable (i.e. massive or very well braced) ceiling truss in your garage or barn. Toss a heavy rope or nylon ****** strap over the truss. Tie a separate strap around your triple clamp, (typically one loop on either side of the headstock so it balances when you attach the ceiling strap.) Use a floor jack or 2 bottle jacks and a board to raise the bike's front end (very carefully, with a friend or two). Hook the ****** strap to the triple clamp strap. Viola!
As for the rear, get 2 jack stands. Place one under the swingarm on the "high side" while bike is leaned-over on the kickstand. Carefully tip the bike upright onto the jackstand, and slide the other jack stand under the other side swingarm. Keep the dogs and kids away....

Definitely a hillbilly way to do it, but it works.

 

Thanks shinobi, I know where you're at with the bike jack, I have got my hands on a centre stand, its not the correct one but I feel I can adapt it (can you hear the angle grinder?)without too much trouble, I'll keep you posted anyhow.................meantime, the schematic doesn't show a circlip in the brake caliper, I think its just the piston has gotrusted in there, I was thinking of putting a torch to the caliper and heating it, trouble is there isn't much to grip on the piston!! I've loads to do on the rest of the bike, so no hurry......thanx for your interest, may the God of speed grant you a ticket free life man!! cheers Andy

 

Cheers Jeff, Your method appeals tomy sense of "do it yourself" and I will definately note it for the future, anyway i'm going to adapt a stand from a later model, god willin' and nobody has stole my angle-grinder!!
Thanks for sharing your wisdom with me, may your back wheel turn forwards......often!!
thankx.......andy

 

Maybe too late of a reply but I used to use compressed air to pop out the caliper pistons; ofcourse, that was with single piston calipers. Just make sure that you put a rag where he pads go so when they pop out, they don't get damaged.Protect your eyes frmr brake fluid spray also.

 

Thanx for the info speedracer, I managed to get the piston out using hydraulic pressure, messy but successful, compressed air would have been cleaner for sure, thats what i'll use next time(hope it never happens again!!) by the way that sounds like one hellova machine yougot there man! from your description it could be the equipment spec. for the next space shuttle. Have happy days, cheers..........

 

Compressed air makes a mess,I use a set of snap-on snap ring pliers.

 

Transman, I sure appreciate your input, but I'm from the UK, even worse, I'm from the mountain part of the UK, Scotland!! so just bear with me here a sec, and describe what you mean by snap-ring pliers?
I thank you in anticipation, learning is my favourote hobby.......Andy