Repairing Stuck Brake Calipers: Honda VT1100
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- Motorcycle brakes are the life line to your safety on the road. In this video we dive into how to proper clean out and lube up an entire brake caliper. Step by step.
We run into a couple of very common issues with this bike.
It sat for an extended time, brake fluid was bad, brake caliper was not releasing and we saw how some seals began to leak.
My goal in this video is to provide you with 100% accurate service tips and tricks when it come to your bikes brakes. Hope this helps!
ENJOY!
Parts numbers used for this model: 1993 VT1100c
(Check out your local friendly Honda shop or www.hondapartsnation.com)
Brake Pads : 43105-MB4-017
Caliper Piston seals : 06451-166-405
Pin Boot: 45133-166-016
Pin sleeve: 45111-MA3-006
Banjo Bolt Crush Washer: 90545-300-000
Tool used:
Reverse Duckbill Pliers-
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Water resistant grease-
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Pick Set-
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Brake contact cleaner-
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"Motorcycle brakes are the life line to your safety on the road". Its your quote Mr.MD, to the conscious of your quote your explanation was splendid. I am from India, your way of approach towards cleaning and servicing was truly professional. Thankyou.
Free schooling for the financially challenged old man and I really appreciate and LOVE IT. Thank You
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Old man.and woman
Thanks for the info man! I've been fighting my 83' kz1100 calipers for a good while... - I cleaned up my entire calipers three times and it was still sticking. Until I watched your video I didn't realize that the calipers were supposed to move freely on those pens, LOL - now everything's in good working condition! You made a lifetime subscriber out of me thanks again man!
Finally a guy with the quick get your bike off the road fix on your front brakes locked up tigh!! Great job!!
The old hydraulic systems on my bike have been giving me fits constantly, and every time I get to your videos it really gets the attention to detail that I need to actually fix the problems. I want to make a hobby of restoring these 10k mile gems.
Loosening everything before removing the calipers definitely an important tip, i ended up having to bolt the caliper back on just to do it
I learned this exactly the same way :-D
This is one of the best mc maintenance videos I have ever seen. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and professional demonstrations !
Thanks so much for this video. I've cleaned mine up a couple of times and gotten it to work better for the time being. One piston still sticks and doesn't move as well as the other. Been avoiding rebuilding it and spent hours trying to just buy a new one. Well 1985 came and went leaving us with no new replacements today. So after seeing the video I feel confident in buying a kit and rebuilding mine. Cheers.
Great video! I'm working on a 2005ttrlw and have never done this type of year down before. All you said worked like a charm! Good thing you mentioned the air trick after it's been removed or I would of never got it done! Keep up the great vids...
Thank you for the break tare down advice, best on the net. Keep it real as you always have.
Your a Gent.
Hi from the UK Cody, Thank you for uploading this and all the rest of your videos; they’re so helpful and have given me the confidence to take on tasks that I would have paid my local Honda dealer to do.
Keep up the great work 👏🏻
Awesome man! Thanks!
Cody Rocks!!!
now that's what I call instruction, awesome technique man. Loved it. Africa twin classic, new Zealand bro...
Have an ole 1983 gl1100 Aspencade with the same issue I’ll soon be working on, great video, thanks!
Thanks Cody . Found you in a search on for a caliper rebuild . Nervous about doing it but you make it look easy . Will be attempting soon
Great video. I haven’t seen a bleed nipple with an o ring on any of my bikes or cars before! That would certainly help when using a vacuum bleeder kit to avoid pulling air past the threads.
That tip about compressing the brake caliper was exactly what i was looking for, its the little things that make your vids awesome.
You are the man. Details that matter and tips from experience. Thanks definitely valuable info.
you SIR have saved my alot time lol and effort on cleaning those dam pistons , bought a 99 Suzuki savage that was poorly maintained and found out the pistons where bone dry and stuck and this video helped out alot ! thanks man !
Thank you, your info was most helpful with doing up the brakes on an old Yamaha TT350 - good job !!
Great video, thanks for all the tips. Everything I need in one video!
Thank you for informal video, I learned a lot.
I had a car that brake pads was getting worn on one side and I did not know why, Now I do
Just like mine, same model. Going to change brake pads today.
Good tips, Appreciate it
Just got an '03 R6, this'll help immensely! wonderfully informational, thank you
Great job Cody R. You really made it look simple.
You're video was great and you sure know what you're doing. Thanks a million.
cheers sir, i was looking re the bottom spring plate.. you answerd it perfect.
Thanks helps me allot on what to do with my rear brake caliper
Your the Best An Absolute Excellent video on brake Calipers Keep up the good work Thanks for teaching me something new.
cleaned brakes like you recommended and they're like new. You da man! Whooo whooo. .
Man, this is the best brake maintenance video on yt. Thanks and regards from Chile 🤟🏽
I'm glad I found your site , I have brake trouble on my 83 Yamaha xvz1200 no one wants to look at it , now i can do it ..
Excellent video! Great quality instruction! Thanks Cody!
dude this video is sick, youre talking your engineer brain and im so here for it. Was charged like £120 for seized calipers the other day and was curious.
Saving my next oil jug to cut open. Glad yr back, intro looks great
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Great Video! Just what my old XR needed. Thank you.
Thanks again man love learning something new espec when comes to my bike I need to totally change my fluid dont have to its just been 6 years prob since done it I'll ve watching that video my bike has linked brake system but should be to much diff really thanks great video and info
Great video - Thanks for taking the time to make it
another great video. keep them up! this was a great help for my 4 stuck pistons
I’m confident I can do this to my motor scoot after watching this video! Thanks homie, from Dallas/ft. Worth texas
Now I am ready to rebuild my grinding caliper!
Excellent! Just what I was looking for. THx
All I can say You are Pro. great clip for sharing
Excellent instructions
Like it !
Very thorough job, well done 👍
You saved my life, man. Thanks
Thanks you covered it well into the garage i go.
Great video dude…I know exactly what I need to do now!
Thanks man!
So glad found this I just did my front on my bike and as I road it felt like its dragging tonight raised front and redid thinking I might of messed up but put back and its better but still not right im goin to rebuild I think if this does not work thanks for video
Awesome. Thank you very much for great informations. Very helpful.
Very very helpful thank you!!!
Cody...most useful information. Love the video. Thnx.
Great vid, thank you for sharing bro!
Great video with lots of tips👌
Was told to grease "everything" by another channel, glad I caught this'
Hey, thanks for this vid. It was really helpful. I am having one issue though... so Idk whats wrong exactly, but those rubber seals WILL NOT go back in. I took them out, washed the calipers, and tried putting them back in and it just will not happen. Do I need to get new seals, or is there some sort of method you have to use or something? I gave it to other people too to try and nobody could do it. Please heellpppp
Again great instructed how to. I known most won't have but putting the calipair in an ultrasonic bath, would that be safer for the seal lands ?
As always super useful your like the yoda of bikes dude :)
the piston seal used here in a honda twin piston caliper is the same as the honda city car caliper.
27:18 "not a lot to it" "super simple" 🤣😂🤣😆
great job
Love watching your videos
MY first bike i picked it up this year was 85 honda saber v65. I rebuilt the carbs that was fun lol only did it AFTER watching literally all of your youtube videos. Tips helped out a lot in the process of that. Many other neglected item's. On the bike i have too replace and or rebuild. All in all very soild bike. Only rust is in the battery box.
excellent video mate - thanks
Very informative video thanks it helped alot...subbed
Perfect, partner..!!
Kind Regards from Brazil.
well illustrated an informative
tonss of lesson learned
Great tutorial. Thanks.
may i just ask sir, my front disc brake on my bobber doesnt seems to fully grip the disc. it feels hard to use i need to pump the lever to get my front disc brake wrking how can i fisx this thanks in advance!
Awesome Information...Thanks!!!
Hey,very useful video as I'm probably facing the same problem with twin piston floating calipers and I'm pretty sure it's the sliding pin that's stuck on the left caliper.Do you think that could cause pulsing on the lever as I'm applying the brakes?Because my rotors are pretty much new still,as I've replaced them just this December.Any advice would be much appreciated.Thanks!
I live in Portsmouth , great VID
That's a great tutorial - thank you.
Great videos, thanks
Where is the clamp you used on the brake line from?
It's not in the description
Also to remove brake caliper pistons that are really bad I have used a grease gun on the the bleeder valve?? Works for me!
Hello, i have a honda shadow srx 50cc. it is normal that after a certain distance, the brake disc and the stirrup are hot, under normal conditions of use of the brake. the wheel has relative mobility when spinning and when a spin is heard there is a slight noise, a hum. ? thank you !
Great video! Thanks!
So I went to clean up my caliper, The bolts are seized up, I thought about heating the caliper but don't want to ruin my paint? have you got any tricks to get them out?
Ive put a front brake lever on my dirtbike and it draged a tiny bit so i thought it would self clear on the pads by boy was i wrong, i didnt consider that brake fluid expands with heat so as the brake was draging it was actually applying more pressure cause even more heat and i went over the bars in about 4-5 mins of riding
Hello, I send my calipers to get chrome plated and now they jump a lot, do you think I have to get the tolerances reset?
I recently had to rebuild a 81 kz750 caliper and it looked like someone had took a flathead screwdriver and started hit it with a hammer to free up the piston -.- ruined the piston.
Currently still in the process of restoring the bike :)
It's got the full touring setup from vetter fairings.
Boss man! I recently rebuilt my 93 honda shadow vt1100 master cylinder. New plunger with seals already installed, spring, bowl, and c clip, and rubber seal. When I put jt together it's leaking! This is my second kit and it keeps leaking from the dust boot side. Do you think there's something I'm doing wrong? Or is there something I'm missing? I was careful to put it in the way it came out
Man with cool beard saved my life.. great!
Good work !!!
nice job. very very usefull.
Great vid brotha 👌🏾
Thanks man!
Hi, I made a mistake and got only one piston out of the caliper. The other one is stuck and the caliper is already disconnected an unmounted. Is compressed air the only solution now?
Great job
Exellent vid👍
Great info 🤙
Would bad/corroded pistons inside the caliper prevent it from being bled?
Would you recommend getting the old fluid out of the system before reconnecting the cleaned/overhauled caliper? Feels like pumping the old fluid into the clean caliper just risks introducing contaminates, no?
So some rubbing is normal ? My wheel does rotate but is definitely not completely free. Wonder if that’s ok
Thank-You Sir!
Where can we find the brake line clamp that you used?
With cleaning the area of the rubber seal inside the piston I used a dremel with a rubber wheel and it cleaned the shut outta it!
Heck yea man! Great choice of tool!
I love my dremel. I've been restoring a gsxr and everything needs cleaning. I've chewed through so many copper wire bits but they've been a god send.
My atv 250r honda has a stuck sleeve w the two rubber boots like your vid.. Its stuck stuck...any suggestions to free it up i cant just tap it its froze..
Can you provide a link for that mac hose clamp please. Your video is very helpful thank you so much
awesome ! Thanks bro..
awesome! thanks man
So good Thankyou very very muc
I need to get a pair of those reverse pliers My pistons are completely stuck!
You have new subscriber, good job. Would you use a Dremmel to clean out the caliper housing? I think I’ve seen synthetic bristle wheels? I have some brass wire wheels? Would that damage the surface? Thanks