Rear Brake Calliper Rebuild on a Kawasaki Z1000 SX Motorbike

[@ZZR1200ZX]

Nice to see a Pro at work. As there are too many wanna be mechanics on You Tube. 🔧🔧🔧

[@markconlon814]

I have had the dust seal pop out twice on my ZX9R, which looks like the same caliper, as you said, the groove is very shallow, great vids, keep them coming!

[@alanblack9540]

Great video as always. I'm a motor mechanic myself, (Mazda,Fiat and MG🙈) and those clips you encounter on the fairing are common too on cars/vans (usually engine bay undertrays.) They really become a pain as they age and get brittle. I picked up a big box of different types on temu. (No affiliation on my part!!) Which are very handy I must say. Keep up the great work. Very interesting.

[@cabbage681]

you made that look easy 👍 I'm now going to go on ebay and find out if I can afford a speed bleeder, my fluids gets cooked at track days and have to be swapped out a lot. thanx for posting

[@MadOldBiker]

Makes my fairing removal for the ZZR 1400 look like a doddle !

[@roy9816]

What a pain. I would definitely do that oil change with the fairing on.

[@VinceHoward-cw6vn]

More great instructional content. Cheers

[@JEFF0551]

very well presented!

[@millymoo6575]

You are a legend Steve! Keep the Friday vids coming please

[@Busaboy1300]

Awesome video Steve.

[@noelwhitesmith8643]

Nice job done.

[@Jestersson]

Calipers at the bottom get so much road crud. Much easier to clean and inspect when they’re positioned above the disc.

[@MartynHollyhead]

Another good video. Thanks steve

[@TheDervMan]

I always find brake refurbs theraputic (from a viewing perspective) 🙂 Do you find the brake fluid drips out the disconnected hose?

[@BikerBroughy]

If you hold the brake lever in the on position it won't empty the system. So tie the front lever back or hang a weight on the pedal.

[@chr11sf]

👍

[@Fitter-u8f]

Dremel mini wire brushes make than job much easier

[@themobilemotorbikemechanic]

Just go easy so you don’t start removing any actual material from the caliper. I was always taught power tools make mistakes quickly.

[@ballockybill2277]

Rubber grease on a brake piston? Why??

[@BikerBroughy]

Because the rubber seals touch it, if you use normal grease they will swell up and make it bind..

[@ballockybill2277]

@@BikerBroughy Only supposed to use brake fluid on those things, not grease of any kind.

[@stephencroft6481]

Alot of the time faired bikes are dirty and neglected behind the fairing

[@wokeybrokey8006]

Fairing design is so poor these days from a maintenance and ascetic perspective. Compare it with my 2006 MV Agusta with the quick release clips…. I can’t get them off in minutes ….plus it looks beautiful!