Pitted Caliper Piston

Is their any way to repair a slightly pitted caliper piston?

 

Get it re-chromed.
That's hard chroming not ornamental chroming.
Or buy a new caliper repair kit with the piston included.
I'm sure there are ways to apply certain types of bonding, but i wouldn't recommend it where life is at risk.

 

XJForever had a new caliper piston for my XJ550 for just $25. I thought that was cheap.

 

There's no practical way to repair one;

however; whether or not it can be re-used depends on where it's pitted. If the pitting is "outside" the area swept by the seals, it's still serviceable.

If not, just replace it.

 

I bought a replacement stainless piston. They are cheap enough to make repair impractical.

 

It is pitted about an 1/8-1/4" from the top

 

Drop it in place in a "naked" (no seals) caliper and see if the pitting is in line with where the seal would be or outside of it.

 

at the dealership, the kit.. piston seals and lube, is $100.00 per caliper.

 

http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic ... rt=45.html

Check with Chacal

 

No kidding. Nobody said anything about going to a DEALER.

That's an idea you might want to just scratch off the list.

 

you are lucky... my caliper piston/rebuild kit (2 pistons/4 seals) is $134.00 from len... and I have 2 calipers....

 

I agree with this statement too, and I know that it is slightly off topic. I just got excited about participating and contributing again.