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Rear Brake Caliper Piston






Rear Brake Caliper Piston

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Resetting and extracting tool (T10165)

Disassembly wedge (3409)

Removing

- Remove piston from brake caliper by turning knurled wheel toward left.

Insert piston compressing and extracting tool so collar makes contact on piston.






For pistons that are difficult to move, an open-end wrench (size 13 mm) can be applied at the appropriate wrench surface - arrow A -.

- Remove seal using (3409).






Installing

- The surface of the piston and seal must only be cleaned with mineral spirits and then dried.

- Thinly coat piston and seal with lithium grease (G 052 150 A2) before inserting.

- Insert oil seal in brake caliper housing.

- Place protective cap with outer sealing lip on piston.






- Using (3409) , insert inner sealing lip into cylinder groove.






Hold piston in front of caliper housing for this procedure.

- Set (T10165) against piston of brake caliper housing.






- Install the piston by turning knurled wheel toward right.

By resetting the piston with a piston resetting tool, the automatic adjustment in the brake caliper is destroyed.

If the piston is difficult to move, use a 13 mm open end wrench on the flats - arrow - provided for this purpose.

- Insert brake pads.

Pre-Bleed Brake Caliper

- Open bleeder screw - arrow A - and using a standard bleeder bottle, fill with brake fluid until bubble-free brake fluid flows from the threaded hole (brake hose connection) - arrow B -. Close bleeder valve.






Position brake caliper as shown during pre-bleed procedure.