Brake Shield, Removing And Installing, Ceramic Brakes 1LW: Removing

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-- Raise The Vehicle.

-- Remove the wheels.

-- Push the brake pads back slightly.

The brake pistons with the old pads still installed can pressed back to allow all brake pistons in the brake caliper to be pressed back evenly using pliers.

NOTE:

Be careful not to damage the coating on the brake caliper and on the brake pads.

Before pushing back the piston, extract some of the brake fluid out of the brake fluid reservoir using a bleeder bottle. Otherwise fluid will overflow and cause damage if the reservoir was topped off during repair work.

-- Remove the brake caliper. Refer to BRAKE CALIPER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, CERAMIC BRAKES 1LW .

WARNING:

Carefully handle the brake rotor. A damaged brake rotor must be replaced.

Do not hit the brake rotor with force to remove it from the wheel hub.

-- Remove the brake rotor. Refer to BRAKE ROTOR, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, CERAMIC BRAKES 1LW .

-- Remove the bolts -9- from the brake shield.

Fig 1: Exploded View Of Front Brake Caliper Assembly, Ceramic Brakes 1LW

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-- Remove the brake shield.