Front brake caliper

[wildecoyote]

Does anyone know on my 1989 fj1200 how many pistons inside the caliper are suppose too engage. They are seized inside the caliper, I took a little heat and used my compressor to push them out, but only one popped out.

[andyb]

ALL OF THEM!



If it's seized, order the kit(s) and do it all.  And ffs don't drive the thing if you're shy on braking power, unless you're a proper nutjob.

[FJscott]

2 per caliper

[wildecoyote]

That's what I thought, but wasn't 100%. Thank you for your knowledge

[FJmonkey]

Welcome to the club.

[wildecoyote]

Thank you. I appreciate the welcome

[FJ111200]

2 per caliper

That's what I thought, but wasn't 100%. Thank you for your knowledge

I thought the '89 was a four pot caliper.

[fj11.5]

Yep ,89 is a 4 pot per caliper,

[Firehawk068]

WildeCoyote, you need to post up some good pictures of your bike!
I want to see that paint job! Hard to see with the size of your avatar, but it looks really cool!

I think you should be able to unbolt the two halves if your front calipers are stock '89.............might be easier to completely disassemble them for cleaning/rebuilding..........
Or just source a pair of R6/R1 calipers from an '03 or earlier bike on ebay.......they bolt right on, and use the FJ rotors!

[aviationfred]

For the cost of this set of Blue Dots and a new set of brake pads, you would be way ahead of paying for rebuild kits for the OEM calipeers.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/254-YAMAHA-FZ1-FRONT-CALIPER-1-/221258495308?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item338408b54c&vxp=mtr#ht_3500wt_1161

Fred