Brembo calliper pin clips

[John Roberts]

I've made new stainless steel pins for my callipers and was going to reuse the old circular wire spring clips but I don't think I can get them out of the original pins without damaging them. Of course, if the worst comes to the worst then no doubt I could just saw through the old pins close to the clip groove and get them out like that. Installing them in the new pins should be easy enough, it's just that hoiking them out of the groove is difficult. No, I haven't tried it yet, though MW say that they will come out without distortion. Does anyone know if these clips are available elsewhere, both Moto-bins and Motorworks sell replacement stainless pins but neither come with the clips.

Jeez, the pictures are really HUUUGE on my screen, sorry about that, the next ones will be better. Perhaps. I think.

 

[Ogmios]

Nicely done job.
I had to replace some on my Guzzi a few years - the old ones looked like they'd been dug up on an episode of Time Team.
Actually, must check them again soon!
Would a bit of spring steel work for the roundy bits? - if you can get it

 

[John Roberts]

Hi Og, I've just spent about an hour trawling for these clips on t' internet and got nowhere. I'm just starting to look for stainless steel wire suppliers to perhaps make my own. I'm not quite sure what they are caled, I've tried "C clips" but that just comes up with ordinary internal and external circlips, you know- the ones stamped out of sheet metal and with two little holes in for the pliers. I'd prefer to use stainless rather than plated because the cut ends would corrode. Hang on, got an idea, I think I'll ask on the B & B, someone might know there.

 

[Ogmios]

... I think I'll ask on the B & B, someone might know there.

Always a good idea - helped me out on numerous occasions. the range of knowledge on this site is incomparable!

 

[John Roberts]

Always a good idea - helped me out on numerous occasions. the range of knowledge on this site is incomparable!

Huh, not so sure, it's been over half an hour and only three views. They're all non creative garbage in there, sitting there on their loathsome spotty behinds, squeezing blackheads, not caring a tinker's cuss for the struggling Airhead owners ....

 

[Ogmios]

Struggle?

Huh.
Think you have problems? - I used to have an Airhead / now I've a Guzzi!

 

[Ijustwanttoseethephotos]

I fitted the stainless pins to my K, I prised the old 'circlips' off with two small screwdrivers,
fitted them to the new pins and pinched them up slightly in the vice until they could
just rotate freely.

 

[solidstate100]

They come off without to much of a struggle, and are absolutly OK to re-use. In the time it took to write this you could have done it already.........but if you want to spend hours surfing and going romd in circles............

 

[John Roberts]

Some of the old ones are rusty ...

 

[ChasF]

1mm piano wire, turn up a former on your lathe. You will need some good wire cutters. Crimp them in situ in the vice.

 

[John Roberts]

1mm piano wire, turn up a former on your lathe. You will need some good wire cutters. Crimp them in situ in the vice.

I was thinking of feeding the wire on to a former (a rod) running slowly in the lathe chuck and ending up with something looking like a tightly-wound spring, (well, that's how you wind a spring at home anyway as you probably know) then slitting it lengthwise with a Dremmel. I think it would take a few tries to get it right. Anyway, instead of searching the web using 'Ask' which is what they have on Google Chrome, after my last post I actually used Google itself, and the first entry that came up was an ad for snap rings. I hadn't realised but recently my searches haven't been very good so I'm going back to good old Google and see how that behaves once again, I'm sure I remember it as being a lot quicker.

 

[Ogmios]

meanhile in a paranoid moment ...

... I'm going back to good old Google and see how that behaves once again, ...

Oh yeah lulls you into a good old feeling of [homeland] security. Meanwhile gathering data and returning edited information to steer you to its own ends.


... but if you want to actually find what you want ~ yeah.

~~~

 

[Swesty]

Here you go

http://www.motalia.net/product_info.php?products_id=1530

part number 47206007 - H06

 

[solidstate100]

Here you go

http://www.motalia.net/product_info.php?products_id=1530

part number 47206007 - H06

Um. Did you read the OP?

 

[Swesty]

Yes, especially the bit where it states that Motobins/Motorworks come without the clips. These are complete with clips and for less than £7 not really worth the time and effort to make ones own if the clips from the old corroded items have to be reused.

 

[solidstate100]

Got it.

 

[Smug]

You could make them easily from the correct gauge stainless cycle spokes.