Precautions On Installation; Piston Seal; Piston And Boot - Suzuki Samurai 1986 Service Manual

PRECAUTIONS ON INSTALLATION

Reassemble front brake in the reverse order
of disassembly, using care for the following
points.
CAUTION:
Wash each part cleanly before installation
in the same fluid as the one used in
master cylinder reservoir.
Never use other fluid or thinner.
Before installing piston and piston seal
to cylinder, apply fluid to them.
After reassembling brake line, bleed air
from lines.

Piston Seal

Piston seal is used to seal piston and cylinder
and to adjust clearance between pad and disc.
Replace with a new one at every overhaul. Fit
piston seal into groove in cylinder taking care
not to twist it.

Piston and Boot

1) Before inserting piston into cylinder, install
boot onto piston as shown below.
2) Fit boot as it is in the above figure into boot
groove in cylinder with fingers.
Fig. 19-33
19-18
1. Boot
2. Piston
Check to make sure that
boot is fitted into boot
groove in cylinder
completely in its
circumference.
3) Insert piston into cylinder by hand and fit
boot in- boot groove in piston.
Fig. 19-34
4) To confirm that boot is fitted in its groove in
cylinder properly, pull piston out of cylinder
a little but do not take it all out.
Fig. 19-35
5) Insert piston into cylinder by hand.
Caliper
Before installing caliper (cylinder body) to
carrier, check to ensure that guide pin inserted
in each caliper hole can be moved smoothly in
thrust direction.