I am trying to change the pads on my Bandit. I have got to removing the caliper pins retaining the pads but they are stuck in tight and the pliers aren’t working. Any suggestions?
Its one you gotta persevere at mate, use an anti corrosion lubricant like WD409 but ONLY if you can guarantee you aren’t gonna contaminate your pads or your brake system at all. Otherwise have you tried heat…? Mean time keep tugging until you’re certain your own strength ain’t gonna cut it… better to not get the wrong kind of liquids in to that system unless absolutely necessary…
Don’t use WD-40 whatever you do as it will attack the rubber boots.
I can’t remember what the bandit calipers have but can you not drift them out from the back?
They are no doubt gunged up with solidified brake dust mixed with cr&p.
Give them a good dousing with brake cleaner spray and leave overnight.
Good luck mate:)
Ta. The pliers are just sliding along the pin. Will chuck some brake cleaner on it and see what happens. Can’t get at them from the other side unfortunately. Would have nice and easy that way:D
dont no about your bike,
but on cars a simple tap from a hammer onto a pin punch break’s the bond between the pin and the caliper and they come straight out.
steve
Yeah, good patent. Don’t forget to drill a little hole to be able to insert that pin punch and use a hammer action. 
WD40 soaking. Give it a couple of hours or more. Then mole grips nice and tight on the pin to twist it … that usually does the trick.
In awkward cases, it’s best to unbolt the caliper from the fork leg* (and whatever holds the brake lines in position, without disconnecting the lines!) turn the caliper over and use a block of wood as an anvil and tap the pins out from the back using some form of pin punch. Er… a pin punch is best, but I’ve had to use whatever falls to hand before.
*IMPORTANT: Don’t let the caliper pistons close up. Have a piece of thin something (I use half a spring type clothes peg.) to hand to hold them in place. If they start to creep out, just force them back with firm, steady pressure.
Before putting the pins back, do what the factory/ last mechanic should have done. Clean the pins off and put a barrier agent on them (copper slip works best) to stop them sticking up again.
As they say in the manuals; reassembly is the reverse of the above.
Last: If in doubt, get a professional to do the job. Calipers are pretty simple things but it’s your life they may have to save.
+1 had to do that on the teapot, drill small hole and use a drift to hammer the bugger out 
Thank heavens for little perforations;)