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Originally Posted by manbridge 74
The Gamma above is 35 years old. One of the first if not THE first thing I did was flush it with DOT 4 fluid. And soon I’ll pull back the caliper dust boots after removing pads and toothbrush off any debris on exposed pistons after pushing them out some... |
On a bike that nice, I would suggest fully disassembling the calipers and master cylinders and rebuilding them. Every single bike I’ve worked on from that era has needed it. People just don’t change the brake fluid nearly often enough. The rubber seals never had a 35 year design life, either.