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Rear







Removal
1. Release the handbrake.
2. Lift the car and remove the rear wheel.
3. Remove the adjusting screw's threaded plug
- Unscrew the adjusting screw.
4. Remove the covers from the guide pins and unscrew the pins.
- Use a 7 mm Allen key.
5. Remove the retaining clip.
6. Lift off the hydraulic body and remove the brake pads.

Installation





Before reinstalling, thoroughly clean the contact surfaces between the carrier and the pads.

1. Install new brake pads.
2. Reinstall the hydraulic body.
3. Install the guide pins and tighten them.
- Tighten to: 21.5 Nm (20.5 ft lb)
- Install the covers in place.
4. Install the retaining clip.
5. Adjust the handbrake:
- Remove the adjusting screw's threaded plug.
- Tighten the adjusting screw all the way in and then back it off a 1/4-1/2 turn.
- Check that the brake disc can rotate freely.
- Screw the threaded plug back in place.
6. Install the rear wheel.
- Tighten to: 120 Nm (89 ft lb)

Important: Depress the brake pedal to press out the brake pads towards the disc.