Disassembly and Assembly of Caliper Assembly: Assembly

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Infiniti G35. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

CAUTION: When assembling, use only rubber lubricant specified below.

Apply polyglycol ether based lubricant to the piston seal, and install them to the cylinder body.
CAUTION: Do not reuse piston seal.

Fig 1: Applying Piston Seal
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Apply rubber grease to piston boot. Cover the piston end with the piston boot, and then install cylinder slide lip on the piston boot securely into the groove on cylinder body.

Fig 2: Applying Rubber Grease Piston Boot
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CAUTION: Do not reuse the piston boot.
Apply a brake fluid to the piston, insert into the cylinder body by hand and firmly attach 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: Applying Grease From Piston Boot
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Fix piston boot with retaining ring.
CAUTION:
- Make sure the boot is firmly in the cylinder body groove.
- Do not reuse the retaining ring.
  
  Fig 4: Fixing Retaining Ring
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Install the sliding pin bolt and sliding pin boot to the torque member.
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 to the outer pad.
Install the pad retainer and pad to the torque member.
CAUTION: When attaching the pad retainer, attach it firmly so that it does not float up higher than the torque member, as shown in the figure.
After assembling shims and shim covers to pad, install it to the torque member.
Install cylinder body. Tighten sliding pin bolts to the specified torque.

Fig 5: Attaching Pad Retaining
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