Brembo F08 question
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mauricejota7604
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I believe it is square not tapered.
springsoft
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- Adelaide, South Australia
Never paid attention on any F08s I have rebuilt, and they always worked fine. Make sure you lube the seal with the white grease provided, and grease and replace the O ring between the two caliper halves and you'lll be fine.
The seal itself is square, the groove has a slight taper.
Do check all corrosion has been removed from the groove, often over-looked as especially the edge nearest the "outside" of the caliper, where you cannot see it, is afflicted, need to scratch around with a hook-shaped implement to get at it properly.
piet
Do check all corrosion has been removed from the groove, often over-looked as especially the edge nearest the "outside" of the caliper, where you cannot see it, is afflicted, need to scratch around with a hook-shaped implement to get at it properly.
piet
Paul Marx said:
Not going anywhere with that method, Paul.
Might be ok for the outside, but the corrosion I find in grooves sometimes requires heavy artillerie to shift. Very hard and stubborn, all because the Brembo guys were too skint to anodise the caliper bits completely.
In comparison, I recently re-built a very old and neglegted pair of Lockheed calipers for a MV or Ducati. Only needed a short spell at the parts washer, they came out like new, no corrosion at all! These were completely coated, inside the bores as well as in the grooves.
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Grant
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I use an angled scraper (sort of like a dentist would use) to scrape out the groove that the seal fits in. You can be sure the crud is in the least accessible area. I do this as a matter of course now because even with new seals and pistons the caliper will leak like an SOB if the seal cannot seat in the groove properly.