FrenchyFred

Thanks a lot everyone. Super helpful. It's raining like crazy here so I will try everything tomorrow. Keep you posted!

ok! Makes sense. To be clear I didn't put any WD40 on the pads! Only on the piston and inside the calliper. The pads were removed at this point. Still a f**k up I guess?

Thanks! Sounds easy. Apart from the fact that the 2 screws on the liquid reservoirs are F.... so I need to find a way to un-screw them... Fun times. I did watch that (great) video a lot and followed everything he said but he didn't have any issue with putting back the piston in which is why I came here 2 quick questions while I figure how to open the break liquid reservoir: - Why does opening the break liquid reservoir help? What's the "scientific" reason behind this? - Why shouldn't I have use Wd40? Was that a major mistake? Thank you!

Hi everyone, I got an old Susuki DR 125S from a friend 6 months ago and I have the following problem. (Please keep in mind: this is my first bike and I'm a real, real rookie...) Everything was working fine when one day, I was biking, I ran out of fuel and suddenly the front break got stuck. In the sense that I couldn't move the bike anymore and there was constant pressure on the front break coming out of nowhere. In my right hand I could feel that the break was very "stiff" (usually I can push it a lot). It was like it was constantly "on" and breaking by itself. No idea if this has any link with me running out of fuel or a weird coincidence? At some point it unstuck by itself. Don't ask me why or how. So I decided to have a look... (this is where it gets funny) I took off the 2 bolts on the calliper of the front break and managed to remove the 2x pads quite easily. They looked ok but the inside of the calliper was real, real dirty. I started cleaning it with hot water and soap and gave it a good elbow grease. I also put some DW40 in there to clean it all. It was looking much better but the piston (there is only one by the way) was still dirty so I looked online and they advice to pump the break to make the piston stick out so you can clean the outside. I did this. The piston sticked out. I cleaned it. And now, impossible to move the piston back in. Like it doesn't move AT ALL and it stays completely out. I have no idea what to do... Should I look at the break fluid level? Should I bleed the system? Is it normal and I need special tool? Any advices would be absolutely amazing. Thank you! Fred.