Originally Posted By: NHGUY
When you run thin pads for a long time,you expose the caliper piston to travel lengths its not normally used to.This also allows the inner end of the bore to be exposed to pitting for an extended time.Once you push the piston back into territory it hasn't been in for a long while it gets on those "pits" and will be hard to release.
When I did a brake job on my sportbike I meticulously clean with a toothbrush and Dawn dish soap work the piston in and out and repeated and rinsed a few times the results were amazing
When you run thin pads for a long time,you expose the caliper piston to travel lengths its not normally used to.This also allows the inner end of the bore to be exposed to pitting for an extended time.Once you push the piston back into territory it hasn't been in for a long while it gets on those "pits" and will be hard to release.
When I did a brake job on my sportbike I meticulously clean with a toothbrush and Dawn dish soap work the piston in and out and repeated and rinsed a few times the results were amazing