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Giant MPH disc brakes

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  1. HI
    Anyone know where I might obtain new rubber calliper seals (service pack), I
    have a ceased piston. Easy job but spare parts!

    Thanks
    RD

  2. "R.D" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    HI
    Anyone know where I might obtain new rubber calliper seals (service pack),
    I have a ceased piston. Easy job but spare parts!

    IIRC they're a clone of Hayes brakes. Perhaps their seals will fit. If not
    I'd suspect an industrial O ring supplier would be able to supply something
    of a matching diameter and profile.

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    "R.D" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    HI
    Anyone know where I might obtain new rubber calliper seals (service
    pack), I have a ceased piston. Easy job but spare parts!

    IIRC they're a clone of Hayes brakes.

    If it's a Hayes clone, changing the piston is fairly easy, but
    subsequently refilling with fluid and bleeding it are a complete pain in
    the [censored].

    My advice would be remove the /whole/ brake mechanism, including lever
    and hose, from the bike before beginning - partly to avoid getting brake
    fluid on your paint and tyres (its nasty stuff) but mostly because it's
    just easier to get the whole thing into the right orientation if you can
    orient the lever assembly and calliper assembly independently of each
    other.

    Also, put old, worn out pads in before refilling and bleeding - you are
    going to contaminate the pads, so it's a shame to do it with good ones.

    Quoted message said:

    Perhaps their seals will fit. If
    not I'd suspect an industrial O ring supplier would be able to supply
    something of a matching diameter and profile.

    I'm sure a good Giant dealer could, too.

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