Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals > Octavia Mk2 > Brake systems | Brakes, hydraulics, regulator, servo | Repairing the front brake caliper | Removing and installing the piston of the brake caliper of the FS-III brake

Removing and installing the piston of the brake caliper of the FS-III brake

Special tools and workshop equipment required

t	Disassembly wedge -3409-

t	Piston jig -T10145-

Removing:

–	Press the piston out of the brake caliper using compressed air.

Insert wooden plate in the channel so that the piston is not damaged.

–	Remove gasket ring with disassembly wedge -3409-.

When removing, make sure that the cylinder surface is not damaged.

Installing:

–	Clean piston and gasket ring with white spirits and dry off.

–	Before installing the piston and gasket ring thinly coat with lithium grease -G 052 150 A2-.

–	Insert gasket ring into the brake caliper.

–	Position the new protective cap with the outer sealing lip on the piston.

–	Insert inner sealing lip of the protective cap with disassembly wedge -3409- in the groove of the cylinder.

To do so hold the piston in front of the brake caliper.

–	Press the piston with the piston jig -T 10145--1- into the brake caliper.

The outer sealing lip of the protective cap will engage in the piston groove.

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