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Disassembly and Assembly of Brake Caliper Assembly: Assembly

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CAUTION: Do not use Nissan Rubber Grease (KRE00 00010, KRE00 00010 01) when assembling.
  1. Apply a rubber grease to new piston seal and insert seal into groove on cylinder body.
    CAUTION: Do not reuse the piston seals.
    Fig 1: Installing Piston Seal
    G01198836Courtesy of NISSAN MOTOR CO., U.S.A.
  2. Apply brake fluid or rubber grease to the piston boot, place it on the piston, and insert the piston boot cylinder-side lip into the cylinder body groove.
    CAUTION: Do not reuse the piston boot.
    Fig 2: Inserting Piston Boot Cylinder-Side Lip Into Cylinder Body Groove
    G01198837Courtesy of NISSAN MOTOR CO., U.S.A.
  3. Insert the piston boot piston-side lip into the piston groove.
    CAUTION: Press the piston evenly and vary the pressing point to prevent cylinder inner wall from being rubbed.
    Fig 3: Inserting Piston Boot Piston-Side Lip Into Piston Groove
    G01198838Courtesy of NISSAN MOTOR CO., U.S.A.
  4. Fix piston boot with retaining ring.
    Fig 4: Fixing Piston Boot With Retaining Ring
    G01198839Courtesy of NISSAN MOTOR CO., U.S.A.
    CAUTION:
    • Make sure the boot is firmly in the cylinder body groove.
    • Do not reuse the retaining ring.
  5. Install the sliding pin bolt and sliding pin boot to the torque member.
  6. Apply PBC (Poly Butyl Cuprysil) grease or silicon- based grease to the rear of the pad and to both sides of the shim, and attach the inner shim and shim cover to the inner pad, and the outer shim and outer shim cover to the outer pad.
  7. Install the pad retainer and pad to the torque member.
    CAUTION: When installing the pad retainer, install it firmly so that it does not float up from groove of the torque member, as shown in the figure.
    Fig 5: Installing Pad Retainer And Pad To Torque Member
    G01198840Courtesy of NISSAN MOTOR CO., U.S.A.
  8. After assembling shims and shim covers to pad, install it to the torque member.
  9. Install cylinder body. Tighten sliding pin bolts to the specified torque.
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