{"id":66053,"date":"2014-01-22T16:08:32","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T07:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=66053"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:37","slug":"gs1200ss-brake-caliper-maintenance-aluminum-piston-conversion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20140122\/everyday-events\/gs1200ss-brake-caliper-maintenance-aluminum-piston-conversion-2","title":{"rendered":"GS1200SS Brake Caliper Maintenance + Aluminum Piston Conversion &#038; Master Overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-1177899343\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08250.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66048\" alt=\"DSC08250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08250.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08250.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08250-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08250-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Let&#8217;s reduce corrosion, resistance, and weight with anodized aluminum pistons in the lubrication system.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08248.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66049\" alt=\"DSC08248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08248.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08248.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08248-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08248-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>By checking things out, you can even see the tolerances in box-unit quantities. It&#8217;s interesting stuff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08253.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66050\" alt=\"DSC08253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08253.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08253.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08253-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08253-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>The rear uses a steel piston kit. I primed the inside just to be safe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08252.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66051\" alt=\"DSC08252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08252.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08252.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08252-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08252-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>The inside is fine as long as corrosion is removed. Unless it&#8217;s really bad, but polishing plating makes it rust easier, and removing anodizing makes it corrode more easily.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been thinking lately that the key is preventing corrosion from being triggered in the first place.<br \/>\nWe apply metal rubber firmly to the seal groove and insert the piston while checking how it fits.<br \/>\nBy the time break-in occurs, the piston should move as much as we&#8217;ve input, and after release it should return smoothly.<br \/>\nSince there&#8217;s also the condition of the disc, the condition of the pads, and the condition of the caliper and master, it&#8217;s quite a tricky area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08256.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66052\" alt=\"DSC08256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08256.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08256.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08256-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08256-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>I&#8217;ve drilled a hole and installed a beta pin as a safety precaution, so please be careful when removing it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s reduce corrosion, resistance, and weight with anodized aluminum pistons in the lubrication system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[131,62],"class_list":["post-66053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-brake-caliper-maintenance-aluminum-piston-conversion","tag-gs1200ss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}