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CLEANING - CALIPER WARNING: DUST AND DIRT ACCUMULATING ON BRAKE LININGS. BREATHING EXCESSIVE CONCENTRATIONS OF ASBESTOS FIBERS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS BODILY HARM. CARE WHEN SERVICING BRAKE PARTS. DO NOT SAND OR GRIND BRAKE LINING WITH COMPRESSED AIR OR BY DRY BRUSHING. CLEANING SHOULD BE DONE BY To clean or flush the internal passages of the brake caliper, use fresh brake fluid or Mopar t Non-Chlori- nated Brake Parts Cleaner. Never use gasoline, ker- containing mineral oil to clean the caliper. These flu- INSPECTION - CALIPER Inspect the disc brake caliper for the following: inboard lining • Ruptures, brittleness or damage to the piston dust boot • Damaged, dry or brittle guide pin dust boots tion caliper, replacing the seals and dust boots. ASSEMBLY - CALIPER PISTON AND SEAL NOTE: Never use an old piston seal. (1) Dip the new piston seal in clean brake fluid and install it in the groove of the caliper bore. The (2) Coat the new piston boot with clean brake fluid. (3) Position the dust boot over the piston after coating it with brake fluid. CAUTION: Force applied to the piston to seat it in (4) Install piston into caliper bore pushing it past the piston seal until it bottoms in the caliper bore (5) Position the dust boot into the counterbore of the caliper assembly piston bore. Fig. 38 Removing Piston Seal 1 - PLASTIC TRIM STICK Fig. 39 Installing New Piston Seal 1 - CALIPER RS BRAKES - BASE 5 - 29 DISC BRAKE CALIPER - REAR (Continued) |