Brake Caliper, Removing And Installing: Installing

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Use new bolts.

-- Carefully press the brake caliper with the brake carrier and the installed brake pads over the brake rotor.

-- Tighten the brake carrier with new bolts -16 and 17-.

Fig 1: Overview Of Rear Brake Components

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NOTE:

To tighten the lower bolt -16-, use a commercially available extension. For the upper bolt -17-, no extension is required. Slightly move the wheel housing liner away.

-- Install the brake hose and electrical wire into the bracket on the stub axle carrier.

NOTE:

Make sure the brake hose is correctly installed and secured inside the combination bracket on the stub axle carrier so that the brake hose does not come out of the bracket on its own.

-- Install the wheels.

-- Lower the vehicle.

Wheel bolt tightening specification. Refer to WHEEL BOLT TIGHTENING SPECIFICATIONS .

-- Turn on the ignition.

Displayed on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester display

Fig 2: Identifying Diagnostic Operation System VAS 5051A (Prompt For Entering Display Group Appears In Display Zone & Input Keypad Appears In Display Zone)

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The request to enter a display group number appears in display field -1-.
An entry keypad is shown in display field -2-.

-- Using the entry keypad, enter in display field -2- the "006" for the display group number and confirm by pressing the "Q button" (guide pistons together).

-- To exit the entry template, press the green arrow button on the lower left.

NOTE:

DTC memory checked, errors shown corrected and DTC memory erased.

-- With the ignition switched off, remove the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester from the diagnostic socket in the vehicle.