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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) during assembly.
  1. Apply rubber grease to piston seals and install them to cylinder body.
    CAUTION: Do not reuse piston seals.
    Fig 1: Installing Piston Seals
    G02335609Courtesy of NISSAN MOTOR CO., U.S.A.
  2. Apply rubber grease to piston boots. Cover the piston end with piston boot, and install cylinder-side lip on piston boot properly into groove on cylinder body.
    CAUTION: Do not reuse piston boot.
    Fig 2: Covering Piston End With Piston Boot
    G02335610Courtesy of NISSAN MOTOR CO., U.S.A.
  3. Apply brake fluid to piston, and press piston into cylinder body by hand to assemble piston-side lip on piston boot properly into a groove on piston.
    Fig 3: Installing Piston And Piston Seal
    G02335611Courtesy of NISSAN MOTOR CO., U.S.A.
    CAUTION: Press piston evenly and change pressing point to prevent inner wall of cylinder from being rubbed.
  4. Install sliding pins and sliding pin boots to the torque member.
  5. Install the torque member to the steering knuckle and tighten the mounting bolts to the specified torque. Refer to "COMPONENTS ".
    CAUTION: Before installing torque member to vehicle, wipe off oil and grease on the washer seats on steering knuckle and the mounting surface of the torque member.
  6. Install pad retainers to torque member.
  7. After assembling shims and shim covers to pad, install it to torque member.
    CAUTION: Inner pad and outer pad have pad-return mechanism on the upper side of the pad retainer. When installing pad, be sure to install pad return lever to pad wear sensor securely as shown in Fig 4.
    Fig 4: Locating Pad Wear Sensor And Pad Return Lever
    G02335612Courtesy of NISSAN MOTOR CO., U.S.A.
  8. Install cylinder body, and tighten sliding pin bolt to the specified torque. Refer to "COMPONENTS ".
  9. Position a projection of brake hose metal fitting by aligning with protrusions on cylinder body and tighten union bolt to specified torque. Refer to "HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT ".
    CAUTION:
    • Assemble brake hose securely to cylinder body.
    • Do not reuse copper washer for union bolts.
  10. After installing caliper assembly, refill with new brake fluid and bleed air. Refer to "BLEEDING BRAKE SYSTEM ".
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