Rebuilding brake calipers

[jammy_basturd]

Does anyone know how remove the brake caliper pistons?

Do people just blow them out with an airline?

[ridds]

Yep, or very very carefully grab the top couple of millimeters of the piston with a pipe wrench covered with a cloth.

They made of Ali and very easy to damage so take care. New pistons are only abbout £9 or so each.

[jammy_basturd]

Cool, done it now with the help of an airline, stuffed a towel in between them to stop them flying out and getting damaged.

Now on to cleaning up the caliper and paint...

[TT Tim]

Yep, Airline is the way to go, hope it's all going according to plan.

[jammy_basturd]

Yea, it's going fine now, just using all manner of degreasing agents and brake cleaners to try and get the baked on brake dust off.