Grease gun to remove stuck piston - Friggin' Awesome !

[Bonz]

Courtney, that's a big ROFLMFAO!

Good to be able to give ourselves the credit for all the things we do and laugh about it!

[crazy steve]

I am a bit late to this party... Did the caliper not want to give up the piston by using the brake lever while still on the bike?

If you have a partially-functioning brake system, using the master will work. But what do you do when the master needs rebuilding too? Do the brake rebuild piecemeal? Master first so you can get the pistons out? This is much simpler...

And while this is messy, the mess is on your workbench. No worries about brake fluid on painted surfaces.... Pour some brake fluid in the banjo fitting before starting and most of the grease will fall out once the piston is out...

[BradW87]

Grease goes where?

May seem like a silly Q, but what do you use to clean the grease out with after??

[Bonz]

My way of doing it would entail wiping the majority of the grease out, remove the seals/rubber parts then rinse/brush the caliper in gas/kerosene or something similar. A spray of brake cleaner to finish with and it'd be one clean caliper.

[BradW87]

Thanks!

My way of doing it would entail wiping the majority of the grease out, remove the seals/rubber parts then rinse/brush the caliper in gas/kerosene or something similar. A spray of brake cleaner to finish with and it'd be one clean caliper.

Thank you for your explanation!