1995 front brake caliper

[6ft1_grand]

Hello,

I have a front brake (RH) that is dragging and I was told that the best course of action would be to replace the caliper. My problem, they're very hard to find. I've been through e-bay and can't find one. Does anybody on here know where I can locate one or have one they would be willing to sell?

Thanks!!!!

[triton28]

Here is one of many listings I found:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Kawasaki-Right-F ... DU&vxp=mtr

But, one takes a chance with used that it may need to be taken apart and rebuilt, which sounds similar to your scenario.
They really are very simple to disassemble and rebuild. Most times corrosion is the culprit for dragging/sticking caliper pistons. Consult the service manual and make sure the grooves for the 2 rubber cylinder bore seals get all of the corrosion cleaned out from behind the seals. I use dental hygienist picks for lightly cleaning the lands of the grooves.
I use OEM rubber parts for the caliper boots on the sliding pins as I have found rebuild kits are sometimes oversize and don't seal as well.
Anyhow, the choice is yours,
good luck,
Dave

[krasmu]

I thought I seen a couple on Ebay the other day, but I agree, you take a chance of the unknown with those. I'd look hard at my options to rebuild it or contact Carl Leo and see what he has avaiable.

[6ft1_grand]

From my research (I will admit I'm not an expert) I found that the RH caliper that is compatible with my bike came factory on the '92 to '97. Outside of that, the part number is different. When I started digging through e-bay, I found many calipers but no RH '92 to '97 (43041-1473). The many items I was finding were all 43041-1615. I don't know what the difference is or if it would even matter but I didn't want to purchase it and find out it wouldn't work.

However, low and behold, I put in the part # and found that somebody had listed the RH as a LH. This overlook in the listing caused me to miss the item. I now have another one on the way.

[Mr Jensee]

I would try a rebuild. The calipers are simple single piston type and there are tons of videos on YouTube that show you step by step on how to rebuild. I did so years ago on a GS Suzuki and it wasn't hard and I didn't even know at the time what I was doing. The only thing I did was order the O rings. I'd give it a try and you will have the satisfaction of knowing you did something yourself.

[Avidrider62]

Slide bars could be sticking too. Take the pads off the RH one, start pumping fluid and see if any movement. if you do see movement, remove caliper and keep pumping untill piston shoots out. Aluminum corrosion usually the culprit. Logo on the calipers changed, all I'm aware off, thus the different part number

[6ft1_grand]

I learned something new.... Apparently you can put too much grease on the floater/slide shafts. Doing so will cause a suction effect and stop to the calipers from fulling relaxing after releasing the brake lever. I completely cleaned all the grease off the shafts and put just a smear of grease (I used the white, brake part grease) back on. Bingo, no more drag. I ran the bike down the highway at 70+ mph for about 5 miles, pulled over and grabbed both front rotors and both were cold. I'm a happy man!!!

[Jimvoyager01]

Thanks for the information,,,,We all can learn from this,,,,