Because I was forced to take bike off the road immediately after putting it back on due to knackered brake disc, I decided to overhaul the front brakes while I debated on new or used replacements, i made the mistake of removing the calipers and reservoir with its mount becuse they could do with a clean up as well, then thought fcuk how am i gonna remove the pistons form the callipers ah I know if I plug the inlet with a bolt and use the bleed nipple with a stand up hand pump that should work, the first set of pistons came out nice and easy with out any probs but the second set well that was a total different ball game altogether needless to say it took about 2 hours if not more messing about but I'm not gonna get into that as it would probably take me an hour to type all the ways I tried after eventually getting all the pistons out I decide the the tired old rough black paint had to go so with the old Brake fluid I stripped the paint the original colour had faded to a really dull gold and because I had some VHT gold calliper paint I decided they were getting a paint job, as i was in no rush and awaiting new nipples and reservoir bolts i did this over two days. Next with all the pistons removed they were cleaned gently with some very fine wire wool and fairy liquid just to remove some of the crap near the exposed lip, all the seals were removed and the recesses cleaned all heavy deposits removed with a set of bent circlip pliers and then dremmeled to remove the rest. Now time to put them back together nice and easy, seals were soaked in fresh brake fluid and a smear of fluid around the base of the each piston job done time to put callipers back together so I can wash and rinse and brake fluid that maybe on the outside of the callipers and getting onto new paint work. My new bits arrived today from David Silvers so of to my shed I go and put in the new nipples the I see the state of the calliper mounting bolts and think their gonna look terrible on the bike when everything is back together, gold discs, black calliper bolts gold calipers and rotten mounting bolts. Tell me if this is OTT but I decided to clean the bolts the I thought about the manky disc bolts oh god is this just to far am I taking this clean up a little to far so here's a few pics but I didn't do a before and after on the calliper.










I will some more pics as and when

Very nice....not ott though as you haven't painted the caliper bolts

I dont think its ott, just a refurb to good standard.

Missing out the little bits while trying to save time is what separates the good rebuilds from the average ones.

And awaiting new nipples eh. Say no more

I'll say one thing for replacing old Honda bolts for new for cosmetic reasons rather than because you'd prefer not to reuse them in places you'd prefer one that wasn't old and maybe not as fit for purpose as a new one. Don't bother unless you are a fair weather rider. A few years ago, I replaced all the fairing bolts on my NC35, and the caliper and mudguard mounting bolts. Around £200 worth. It looks like I never bothered... lol Perhaps stainless ones wouldn't turn all dull in quite such a hurry?

Delboy wrote:Very nice....not ott though as you haven't painted the caliper bolts

I did think about It but because their torx bolts I thought the paint is gonna get chipped as soon as I torque them up so decided against it but I have not ruled it out yet, will see how bad they look when everything else is done and give them paint if necessary before I bleed everything.
Just in case anyone is wondering it takes about 20mins per bolt to polish

if they are the standard bolts wire wheeled and polished on a buffer then i hate to be the bearer of bad news , i did this on my rebuild and within weeks they started to rust as all the coating gets removed, i ended up replacing them all over time with stainless ,

Just for u Delboy lol, after looking at them today I decided what the hell paint them anyway.


Half way now with the disc bolts


@Deviant400 unsure if they are standard bolts but hey ho they will look good when its all put back together.

Looking good, if the paint does chip when you torque them up, use a cotton bud to dab on some paint...works for me

Try a bit of turtle wax rubbed into the bolts after they're polished up nice. They will stay shiny for a lot longer. I did the same thing when I swapped my discs 2 weeks ago while those and the calipers were off and did the axle bolt too. Makes the front end look much nicer.

Expert job.

Just one thing though, I would buy new disc bolts as old ones have tendency to snap off in the wheel when you torque them up.

Kris