Guide Pin Bushing Service

NOTE: The double pin caliper uses a sealed for life bushing and sleeve assembly. If required this assembly can be serviced using the following procedure.

REMOVING CALIPER GUIDE PIN BUSHINGS
1. Remove caliper from brake rotor. Hang caliper assembly on a wire hook away from the brake rotor.

Removing Inner Sleeve From Bushing:

2. Push out and then pull the steel sleeve from the inside of the bushing using your fingers as shown.

Removing Bushing From Caliper:

3. Using your fingers, collapse one side of the bushing. Then pull on the opposite side to remove the bushing from the brake caliper housing.

INSTALLING CALIPER GUIDE PIN BUSHINGS

Folded Caliper Guide Pin Bushing:

1. Fold the bushing in half lengthwise at the solid middle section of the bushing.

Installing Caliper Guide Pin Bushing:

2. Insert the folded bushing into the caliper housing. Do not use a sharp object to perform this step due to possible damage to the bushing.

Bushing Correctly Installed In Caliper:

3. Unfold the bushing using your fingers or a wooden dowel until the bushing is fully seated into the caliper housing. Flanges should be seated evenly on both sides of the bushing hole.
4. Lubricate the inside surfaces of the bushing using Mopar, Silicone Dielectric Compound or an equivalent.

Fig 7 Installing Caliper Sleeves:

5. Install guide Pin sleeve into one end of bushing until seal area of bushing is past seal groove in sleeve.
6. Holding convoluted boot end of bushing with one hand, push steel sleeve bushing through boot until one end of bushing is fully seated into seal groove on one end of sleeve.

Fig 8 Installed Caliper Bushing Sleeve:

7. Holding sleeve in place, work other end of bushing over end of sleeve and into the seal grove on sleeve. Be sure other end of bushing did not come out of seal grove in sleeve.
8. When the sleeve is seated properly into the bushing, the sealed for life sleeve/bushing can be held between your fingers and easily slid back and forth without the bushing unseating from the sleeve groove.