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REGULAR MAINTENANCE
Front Brakes-Renewing Brake Pads (Fig. 23)
When brake pads are reduced to
+"
(3
mm.)
thickness, or if
they are of insufficient thickness to ensure safe braking for a
further 6,000 miles (10,000 km.) renew them as follows:
1. Apply the handbrake, jack up the front of the car and remove
the front road wheels.
2. Release the retaining clips (1) and remove the pad retaining
pins (2).
3. Lift the brake pads (3) and the anti-squeal plates (4) from
the caliper.
IMPORTANT. Do not depress the brake pedal with the pads
removed.
4. Clean the exposed faces of the pistons and the recesses into
which the pads fit, then carefully push the pistons back into
the calipers.
NOTE. This action will displace fluid back into the master
cylinder reservoir. To prevent over-flowing, syphon off
surplus fluid.
5.
Fit the brake pads and anti-squeal plates, ensuring that the
arrows on the plates are pointing in the direction of wheel
rotation.
Fig.
23
(left) Fig.
24
(upper) Fig.
25
(right)
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