Disassembly and Assembly of Caliper Assembly: Assembly

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2007 Nissan Sentra. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

CAUTION: Do not use Nissan Rubber Grease (KRE00 00010 or KRE00 00010 01) when assembling.

Apply a rubber grease to the piston seal and attach to cylinder body.
CAUTION: Do not reuse the piston seals.

Fig 1: Applying A Rubber Grease To Piston Seal
Apply brake fluid or rubber grease to the piston boot, place it on the piston, and firmly insert the piston boot cylinder-side lip into the cylinder body groove.
CAUTION: Do not reuse the piston boot.

Fig 2: Applying Brake Fluid Or Rubber Grease To 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 boot.
CAUTION: Press the piston evenly and vary the pressing point to prevent cylinder inner wall from being rubbed.

Fig 3: Applying Brake Fluid To Piston
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 Piston Boot With Retaining Ring
Attach the sliding pin bolt and sliding pin boot to the torque member.
Apply PBC (Poly Butyl Cuprysil) grease or silicone-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.
Attach 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: Installing Pad Retainers And Pads To Torque Member