Front Brake Overhaul

My first ever brake maintenance

· yamaha-renaissa

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DIY Work

  • Front brake overhaul
  • Exhaust pipe heat guard bolt replacement

Since I bought the bike, the front brake was barely working. Even after changing the fluid, the lever feel didn’t improve, and on top of that, fluid was seeping from the reservoir — a hopeless situation.
I decided to go ahead and do a full overhaul.
Getting the pistons out was an absolute struggle.
Even using a piston removal tool on the caliper by itself, they wouldn’t budge at all.
I finally got them out by using the hydraulic pressure of the brake system itself.
I think the seals and pistons may have fused together.

Work in progress

Installed new pistons and reassembled everything.
The seals were so thin that assembly was tricky, and it took quite a bit of time.

Work in progress

I also overhauled the master cylinder side, and the reassembly was completed successfully.

Work in progress
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