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Repairing the front brake caliper, brake caliper FN 3 > < Summary of Components of Brake Caliper FS-III

Octavia Mk1

Removing and installing the front brake caliper piston
Removing and installing the front brake caliper piston
Special tools and workshop equipment required
t  Piston jig -MP 9-403-
t  Plastic wedge -3409-
t  Brake fluid → Chapter
t  Lithium grease -G 052 150 A2-
Removing
   
–  Press the piston out of the brake caliper housing using compressed air -arrow-.
  Note
Insert wooden plate so that the piston is not damaged.
  S47-0051
–  Take out gasket ring.
Use a plastic wedge -3409- for this purpose.
  Note
When removing, make sure that the cylinder surface is not damaged.
Install
–  Clean the piston and gasket ring surfaces with white spirits and dry off.
–  Before installing the piston and gasket ring in the brake caliper housing thinly coat with lithium grease -G 052 150 A2-.
–  Insert new gasket ring in the groove of the brake caliper.
  S47-0031
–  Position the new protective cap with the outer sealing lip on the piston.
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–  Insert the inner sealing lip of the protective cap with a plastic wedge in the groove of the cylinder.
Use a plastic wedge -3409- for this purpose.
  Note
To do so hold the piston in front of the brake caliper housing.
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–  Press the piston into the brake caliper housing using the piston resetting jig -MP 9-403-.
  Note
The outer sealing lip of the protective cap will engage in the piston groove.
  S47-0050

Repairing the front brake caliper, brake caliper FN 3 > < Summary of Components of Brake Caliper FS-III