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Hi all, I recently aquired an XJ900F, 1990, 'basket case'.

An old boy had it for years, fell off it and threw it in the corner of his shed, 4 yrs later its in mine!

New battery, cleaned carbs/tank, bit of redex and it's running, even ticking over. Have welded the frame where it needed it, 'hammerite'd' most it, (frame), and cleaned up the shiny bits.

Electrics were a mare, found the 2 auxilary wires had broken inside the ignition switch! All now fixed and everything works.

Last thing is the brakes..................all pistons seized badly. Doubt a seal kit would do it, so my questioon is, does anyone know if the calipers from a later diversion would fit?

Love to get it all ticketed up and ready to ride before our summer arrives, if we get one!

Cheers all

Mark

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Welcome mark" :jossun: should get calipers fo it on fleabay,,,,, failing that other models will fit ,, might need to make adaptor plates

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:welcome: aboard Mark!
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I have heard that the seized calipers can often be removed by pumping grease into them....never done it myself though but to me it sounds like a good way to do it. You'd have to determine what thread the bleed nipples are and fit a grease nipple with the same thread.

Greetings :welcome:

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Thanks all. I had already managed to get them moving, using the brake hydraulics, then a metal bar and g clamps to get them back in. Did that a few times after they had been soaked in plusgas for a day or so, but still incredibly stiff....So, either refurb, which is expensive, or secondhand calipers......

Have been told the FJ1100/ealy 1200 will fit?

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