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1990 KDX 200 Where to Buy Cheapest Caliper Rebuild Kit?

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TheGDog:
1990 KDX 200 Where to Buy Cheapest Caliper Rebuild Kit?  Just in case some other owner out there has already done this and found a decently inexpensive vendor... thought I'd ask. Maybe you could post a link to the vendors site? or e bay site?

sandblaster:
I don't know how bad yours is but I have fixed a lot of these that were in very bad condition.
I do this by pulling them completely apart, cleaning everything to perfection, polishing the piston, remove wire wheel and clean out the bleeder valve, and reassembling them.
I have even reused 25 year old seals and they worked perfectly.
Yes, I would rather have new seals and piston, but if you can't find a rebuild kit....

SS109:

--- Quote from: sandblaster on February 27, 2013, 11:41:24 AM ---I don't know how bad yours is but I have fixed a lot of these that were in very bad condition.
I do this by pulling them completely apart, cleaning everything to perfection, polishing the piston, remove wire wheel and clean out the bleeder valve, and reassembling them.
I have even reused 25 year old seals and they worked perfectly.
Yes, I would rather have new seals and piston, but if you can't find a rebuild kit....
--- End quote ---

Same here.

TheGDog:
Thing of it was... I'd mistakenly adjusted the front brake lever. The part where you can adjust how far away from the bar you want the lever to rest. I tried to make it go too far outward and as a result without my knowing it, it was actually ever-so slightly depressing the piston into the master cylinder... so on a trip around my neighborhood at a certain point the caliper down there over-heat and smoke was coming off of it... so I don't want to trust any rubber components in there.

I ended-up ordering a rebuild kit off eBay from some outfit in the U.K.  Was like $30 and closer to $40 with shipping charge.  But at least I'll have better piece of mind knowing I don't have that question mark in my mind ya know?  I also have a brand-new EBC rotor waiting for it.  And also a master-cylinder rebuild kit. I ordered the master cylinder rebuild kit first because I could never get it to bleed-out properly even when doing the procedure repeatedly and adding fluid multiple times. This was before the mis-hap with the caliper locking-up and overheating. So I hazarded a guess that something at the lever wasn't sealing.

sandblaster:
Peace of mind is a good thing when it comes to brakes  :-D

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