1 4-pot front caliper siezed Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:12 pm
SteveK1
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Working through an old "basement-find" K1 with low-ish miles and weird EFI problems. So, figured out a work-around for the EFI, load shed problem (see earlier thread from September under electrics, still waiting on the german CD containg K-1 specific diagrams for EFI wiring). Went through much of the bike, fuel-pump, rail, valve adjust, etc. Radiator, pump, fan. Fluids replaced, rebuilt and honed front master (replaced piston and seals, but really the only problem seen once apart was a missing copper-washer on the adjustment screw), bled front and rear brakes. Battery in and out working on systems, so ABS is disabled, not reset... I'm out for a spin on a nice day to see what she can do. Hard on brakes at a traffic light, accelerating away nicely, hold-on, what's this, feels like I'm loosing power having to apply more throttle to maintain 60 mph... No, I quickly realize, I'm in the middle of a busy highway and my front caliper is rapidly siezing, the more heat, the more siezed. Quick pull off and out of traffic. Just as I'm pulling into a safe parking spot, the front locks-up and now I need paint and to repair the shifter lever (busted my watch too, damn-it). Any-way, several (five) hours later, the front brakes cooled and rode her home, careful not to touch the front brake, no binding seen in parking lot or once home. Question: does this seem like a master problem (both discs were super-hot) or a caliper problem? Should I rebuild the caliper? should I just replace the lines and flush the system? And, please, in retrospect there are obvious precautions not taken, so please don't tell me why I am a dumb-ass, likely someone already did. Thanks, I obviously value your insight!
Last edited by SteveK1 on Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:20 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : confusion)