Job 8. Rear brake caliper -
replacement.
• Step 13:
Clean the
adjuster
assembly and
lubricate the
adjustment
screw (2) _ ^ Job 5_13
sparingly with
copper grease. Before refitting, reset the adjuster by screwing
the ratchet wheel (1) up to the spring (3) and then back off by
half a turn.
This job is carried out in the same way as pad replacement
{Job 7) with the addition of the following:
• Step 1:
Disconnect the
handbrake cable
(arrowed) and
withdraw from
the caliper body.
• Step 2: Slacken the brake
hose at the caliper end, undo
the caliper fixing bolts
(arrowed), remove the caliper
and unscrew the caliper and
flexible hose from the end of
the previously slackened rigid
hose. Plug the hose ends.
• Step 14: Smear a little brake grease (NOT ordinary
grease) very sparingly on all the shoe contact points on the
backplate and the springs, then continue to re-assemble in
reverse order. Refer to Job
18
for handbrake cable
adjustment.
• Step 15: Make
absolutely certain that all
of the springs are in good
condition (replace any
with stretched coils or
straightened ends) and are
fitted in their correct
locations.
Job 6. Rear wheel cylinder -
replacement.
Q Step 1: Refer to Job 5 and remove the brake shoes.
Q Step 2: Undo the brake pipe union at the back of the
wheel cylinder and plug the end (arrowed). Unscrew the two
fixing bolts and withdraw the cylinder.
Q Step 3: Refit in the reverse order of removal. Refer to Job
77
for brake bleeding.
• Step 3:
H INSIDE INFOR-
MATION! Before
fitting the new caliper
it must be primed with
new brake fluid by
connecting a tube to
the opened bleed
screw and pouring
brake fluid through it
until it comes out of
the hole where the brake hose fits (arrowed). Then lock
up the bleed nipple. Q
Q Step 4: Refit the caliper using NEW self locking bolts. See
Chapter 3, Facts and Figures
• Step 5: Complete this job as described in Chapter 5,
Servicing Your Car, Job 59, page 61.
Job 7. Rear brake disc pads
replacement.
Job 9. Rear brake disc
replacement.
Changing and checking the Tipo's and Tempra's brake pads
are virtually identical jobs. See Chapter 5, Servicing Your
Car, pages 60 and 61.
Q Step 1: Remove the brake pads and caliper as described
in
Job 7
and
8
• Step 2: Undo the mounting bolts (arrowed)...
