Brake Pads, Removing And Installing, Six-Piston Ceramic Brake: Installing

Install in the reverse order of removal while noting the following:

-- Check the wear specification of the brake rotors:

• Refer to CRACKS IN CERAMIC BRAKE ROTOR CONNECTION AREA
• Refer to CHAMFER
• Refer to NICKS ON CERAMIC BRAKE ROTOR
• Refer to CRACK IN COOLING CHANNEL
• Refer to CERAMIC BRAKE ROTOR, DETERMINING WEAR
• Refer to CERAMIC BRAKE ROTOR, DETERMINING WEAR USING Carbon-Ceramic Brake Wear Tester

• Always replace brake pads on the same axle at the same time.
• Use the complete repair kit when installing new brake pads.

• Use only mineral spirits to clean the brake caliper.
• Do not clean ceramic brake rotors with fluids.
• Check the protective caps of the brake caliper pistons for damage and install the complete repair kit, if necessary. Refer to BRAKE CALIPER PISTON, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, SIX-PISTON BRAKE .

-- If the brake fluid is up to the "MAX" marking on used brake pads, it must be extracted.

• Use the : VAS5234  to extract brake fluid from the brake fluid reservoir.

-- Use the : T10145  to press the brake caliper piston completely back into the brake caliper.

-- Clean the retaining pin -arrows- at the brake caliper on the brake pad contact surfaces and thinly coat them with Grease.

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-- With used brake pads check the wire -3- for the brake pad wear sensor is seated correctly and for damage.

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• If the brake pad wear sensor is damaged, replace the sensor.

-- Insert brake pads -1 and 2- into the brake caliper.

-- Note the installation position of the brake pad spring: 

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• Left side: the bracket -arrow- for the brake pad wear sensor, faces upward.
• Right side: the bracket -arrow- for the brake pad wear sensor, faces downward.

-- With used brake pads, clean the brake pad pin -1- and thinly coat with Grease.

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-- Bring brake pad spring -2- into its installed location, and press down -arrows-.

-- Insert the brake pad pin and fasten with the bolt -3-.

-- Install the brake pad wear sensor. Refer to BRAKE PAD WEAR INDICATOR WIRE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, SIX-PISTON CERAMIC BRAKE .

-- Engage the balance springs -2- in the brake pad -1-.

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-- Engage the balance springs on the brake pad spring -3-, by pushing with the : T40207  downward in direction of -arrow-.

-- Install the front wheel, while observing the safety precautions for vehicles with ceramic brakes. Refer to WHEELS AND TIRES .

-- With the vehicle stationary, firmly press the brake pedal several times so that the brake pads in the operating condition properly sit in their respective position.

-- Check brake fluid level, and fill if necessary.