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thx for the help guys, problem solved Turns out the caliper wasnt siezed but the pin for the handbrake was stuck in the block off plate, pain in the ass had to whack it in a vice to get it out. I drilled the hole slightly bigger & deeper that solved that. The problem that was stopping it bleeding up, the rubber thing in the reservoir got sucked to the bottom and i didnt notice, Once i pulled it out it bled up in seconds :S Phill

the pin on the back of the piston, can you remove that?

G'day, Just got in from having a nightmare with my rear caliper, cant seem to bleed it but thats not my problem Even without the brakes bled properly the back brake is dragging enough to heat up the caliper & smoke. I think it might be the block off plate thats on there. When i pulled apart the caliper to clean the piston i notice when i was assembling that the pin for the handbrake, when it goes into the hole in the block off plate, it has a hydralic seal meaning that its very hard to get on (and off because its vacummed on) could this be effecting the caliper at all? I notice the piston wont go all the way in with the block off plate mounted. I was thinking of drilling the hole bigger & deeper in the blank plate to stop the hydralic seal & allow the caliper piston to slide in all the way, is this allright? Phill

Yeah i managed to get it off. After starting to flog it out with the flat head i decided to use the multigrips, after setting them as tight as they would go she came out. I couldnt imagine using a impact wrench on it, itd near just run the nut up the shaft/strip it wouldnt it? was in damn tight looks like it was thread locker. Do people thread lock them when reinstalling? Phill

G'day, Ive just split the cases on my banshee i bought on the weekend, im trying to get the shaft out the shift forks run on, i have got one but the rear one i cant get out. In the manual it says to remove the "bolt" & lockwasher to get it out, but on mine i have a strange slotted shaft with a nut on it pictured below: Ive undone the nut but i cant get the shaft out, has anyone got any suggestions? Phill