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Removing old grease from front caliper slider bores.....a tip!


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I don't know what kind of grease was in there, but it was grey. I wasn't having much luck pushing in bits of bandage to get the old grease out, for fear of doing some damage, and I didn't want to use any petrol or chemicals.

 

The new grease is a deep lilac color. I broke the round end off a chopstick and with it inserted a blob of new grease into the bores, and wiggled it about a bit to mix things up. Then I pushed the pin bolt all the way into the bores, then pulled it back out. I could see the mix of colors on the pin, so I wiped it clean. I wiped the chopstick end clean, and inserted another blob of fresh grease into each bore........I kept doing this until there was no difference in color between the fresh new grease and the stuff coming out on the pin. Then I gave each bore another three workings, just to make sure.

 

Totally tedious, but it worked for me.

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