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  • help wirth sticking piston please!
  • crasher
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    I've just bled my brakes (hayes stroker trials) and when I've put the wheel back in and pulled the brak, I noticed that only one of the pistons was moving. I got a ring spanner and held the free-moving piston whilst pumping the brake and the other moves slowly and is hard to push back with the spanner. What's the next step for me, does it mean taking the piston out, cleaning, then starting again?

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    lube with silicon grease or red brake grease, if possible work in and out till smooth again

    crasher
    Free Member

    Thanks, will I have to take the piston out to do this?

    PeterPoddy
    Free Member

    No, just pump it out a bit from the lever. Not too far, don't remove it.

    crasher
    Free Member

    Where can I get any of these greases from?

    TandemJeremy
    Free Member

    Brake fluid might do – its not as good a lube tho

    bristolbiker
    Free Member

    Got my tub from here http://www.mgocaccessories.co.uk/acatalog/MGOC_Accessories__Grease_176.html
    Trust me when I say that, if you only use it for brake seals, this will be the only time you buy a tub in your lifetime!!! Came in a proper Castrol tub, but the photo doesn't appear to show that now….

    TandemJeremy
    Free Member

    Motorcycle shops sometimes sell small amounts

    nickc
    Full Member

    Make sure you buy the right grease though, as DOT fluid will eat normal grease.

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    Hunters Silicone Lube, from plumbers

    PeterPoddy
    Free Member

    Copper grease (Coppaslip) works fine too.

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