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[ST] Brakes Arrgh! Brakes



Going to put on my front wheel and decided to clean/check the brakes, as
they've been feeling soft.  Turns out the bottom two pistons on both sides
aren't coming out.  I was told that there's probably dust making them stick.
After forcing them out, I clean them with some WD-40 and a rag.  They go in
again, but still won't come out.  After several tries, still nothing.

Dealer says if that's the case I probably need to replace the seals and
really clean things out good.  The Triumph OEM seal kit is $72 per calipher.
I said screw that I'm gonna try to make this cleaning thing work.  Then,
dough!, one piston pops out, and I notice that the inner most seal isn't in
it's seat.  Thus forcing me into doing a seal rebuild.  So I decide to do
both front caliphers.  

Questions:

1) Is there a less expensive after-market seal kit available or anm I stuck
with OEM?

2) Should I even consider doing the job myself or bring it to a shop?

Anyone have experience with this matter?

Rich
00-RS 

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