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trickywoo said:
The best case scenario is that it will attract more dirt and grime and make any sticking worse. The worse case is that it will contaminate the pad material.
I've seen quite a few sticky calipers where people have tried to fix it by greasing the pins. Just makes it worse. The pins shouldn't need greasing to work. If they become corroded or wear unevenly over time you just replace them. Putting grease on them won't help with wear.
Its particularly nasty to rubber components so if you have a boot on the pins it won't do them any good.
There won't be a new bike anywhere that comes out of the factory with anti-seize on any of the brake components and that isn't a money saving exercise.
Point taken. I've seen quite a few sticky calipers where people have tried to fix it by greasing the pins. Just makes it worse. The pins shouldn't need greasing to work. If they become corroded or wear unevenly over time you just replace them. Putting grease on them won't help with wear.
Its particularly nasty to rubber components so if you have a boot on the pins it won't do them any good.
There won't be a new bike anywhere that comes out of the factory with anti-seize on any of the brake components and that isn't a money saving exercise.
I'll be cleaning up my calipers this weekend, freeing them of greases and antiseize materials.
An alternative opinion. I already owned a ZX6R and was offered an SV650 at a price I could not refuse from a mate who raved about how great they are.
Thinking it would make a fun second bike I was clearly spoiled by my ZX6 and found the SV gutless, slow turning and lacking stopping power. I knew it was a mistake after the first ride and 3 weeks later I traded it in for a 250 enduro bike.
I do not doubt they make a great first bike post test if rode in isolation but they are a bit vanilla compared with a proper sports bike.
Thinking it would make a fun second bike I was clearly spoiled by my ZX6 and found the SV gutless, slow turning and lacking stopping power. I knew it was a mistake after the first ride and 3 weeks later I traded it in for a 250 enduro bike.
I do not doubt they make a great first bike post test if rode in isolation but they are a bit vanilla compared with a proper sports bike.
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