Brakes!

[iCraig]

Well currently my brakes are sticking on, the bike is a GPZ500S and it uses Tokico Calipers.

I have managed to remove the caliper from the for leg, but I am having trouble removed the brake pads to get behind them to clean the pistons.
I am aware I must squeeze something to remove the pads but I am unsure what?

Any Help will be greatfully recieved.

[stinkwheel]

The pads should pretty much slide out, not much holding them in. The pistons push back into the body of the calliper, the calliper itself slides along two pins. A steel frame with the pins on attaches to the bike, the alloy calliper pushes over the pins and is supposed to slide freely along them. You need to slide the pins (and the frame they are attached to) all the way in to unhook the pad with the lugs on it from the end of the pins.

On the GPZ500s, these sliding pins are prone to seizing due to alloy corrosion building up in the 'tunnel' the pins run in between a rubber boot and the tunnel itself. This needs dismantling, cleaning out and greasing before reasembly if it has stuck. The boot usually tears when you try to remove it

On the attached piccy of a similar calliper minus the boots and pins. the pins slide in the tunnels labelled, the one on the right has a rubber boot that goes all the way through inside which the pin slides and is the one that causes the problems.
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