brake caliper rebuild on the cheap?

[Jonzilla]

Well it's good to know so many parts are available for these bikes. My wife is ready to strangle me. I already have have a dozen items on the way to me right now and none of them are related to brakes. At least she (the bike) goes. Stopping is just as important though. Thanks for all the help.

[salty_monk]

Upgrade to newer twinpot Kawasaki brakes if you really want good stopping power.....

[bwringer]

DOH!

I initially thought that the OEM piston set was NLA, but it was just lower down in the parts listing. My bad.

Look it up on PartShark.com , and then SCROLL DOWN the parts listing -- the kis are at the bottom for some reason.

Only $28 too -- the crappy-ass aftermarket kit that only includes a few badly made seals costs around $26. Such a deal.

[Jonzilla]

Well I finally received my piston and seals kit and rebuilt my rear caliper last night. Surprisingly the old pistons were still in decent shape and the bore was clean and smooth. I went ahead and put the shiny new pistons in anyway.

It's funny. Somebody had at some point "rebuilt" the rear caliper before me. And the little O-ring that goes between the 2 halves, was simply stuffed into the threaded hole (the one that is for one of the 2 allen bolts that hold the 2 halves together). No where near the little port area where it belongs. Which would explain why I could previously watch the brake fluid seep out from that area and get everything covered in it.