Repair 1800 SRM 1038
DISASSEMBLE
WARNING
To prevent serious eye injury, always wear safe
eye protection when doing maintenance or ser-
vice.
1. Put the appropriate pry bars under the inner di-
ameter of the piston to lift the piston out of the
housing. The two piston seals and the seal spacer
are removed when the piston is removed from the
housing. See Figure 12.
Figure 12. Piston, Piston Seals, and Seal
Spacer
2. Remove the stationary discs and the friction
discs from the brake housing. See Figure 13.
1. STATIONARY DISC 2. FRICTION DISC
Figure 13. Stationary and Friction Disc
NOTE: Some brake assemblies use a spacer and stan-
dard stationary disc. Some use a single thick-splined
stationary disc as the first disc against the housing
instead of a spacer and standard stationary disc com-
bination. Brake housings are designed to use only
onetypeofdiscconfiguration. Donotinterchange
parts.
3. Removethediscspacerfromthebottomofthe
brake housing. See Figure 14.
1. DISC SPACER
Figure 14. Disc Spacer
WARNING
The piston return spring applies pressure to
the plug. Use the following procedure or the
spring can push the plug out of the housing
with enough force to cause serious personal in-
jury.
NOTE: If necessary, remove the four piston return
spring assemblies with the following procedure.
4. Put the brake housing on a bench so that the
outboard side is toward you. See Figure 15.
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