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oldNslow Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2679 Rochester, NY Gender:	seals and stuff 08/15/16 at 06:56:01 I thought this was pretty interesting. Sometimes we can be our own worst enemy. http://www.cycleworld.com/elastomers-on-motorcycle-were-chosen-for-reason-kev...
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Reply #1 - 08/15/16 at 07:05:23

I really like Kevin Cameron....he is a great writer and pretty darn smart.

I made a mistake about a year ago.....I put some brake caliper piston seals in my ultrasonic cleaner with a little bit of the Stoddard Solvent from my parts cleaner. The seals swelled up and wouldn't fit in the grooves anymore......a new set of seals was $60.

Now.....I only clean brake caliper seals with soap and warm water - lesson learned. Wink

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: seals and stuff Reply #2 - 08/15/16 at 12:27:13 When seals/orings/gaskets swell up like, due to absorbing something, sometimes if you soak them in brake clean let it sit for a few minutes 5 then put them in the sun til brake clean evaporates they shrink up some !
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Reply #3 - 08/15/16 at 12:31:22

Ruttly wrote on 08/15/16 at 12:27:13:

When seals/orings/gaskets swell up like, due to absorbing something, sometimes if you soak them in brake clean let it sit for a few minutes 5 then put them in the sun til brake clean evaporates they shrink up some !

I didn't want to try that with brake parts! The seals were already 14 years old before I screwed them up.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: seals and stuff Reply #4 - 08/16/16 at 22:08:01 I didn't want to try that with brake parts! Why? What could go wrong?
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