rear brake c-clip reinstallation

[juntjoo]

anyone familiar with rebuilding the rear brakes able to help putting the c-clip back in? I've been using the rear brake rebuild article that Calan wrote

www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-suspension-brakes/362859-how-rebuild-rear-brake-calipers.html

and this is where I'm stuck. supposedly there is a groove for the clip to drop into and I don't know if I've reached it yet. I can tell you that as far as I've put it in I have not needed to compress the spring at all and when I do so with a 3/4 pipe I cut down the middle to leave room for something to put in there to push on the c-clip, it goes further down but doesn't catch any groove or anything. so I guess when the clip is in, the spring assembly is either supposed to be completely compressed or loose/free. anyone know? thanks.

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[juntjoo]

this is what I'm using to get the spring assembly down

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and this is how I'm using it

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[juntjoo]

so I've just been thinking about it, and that spring assembly pushes the spindle and the piston threaded onto it back after you release the parking brake correct? and if that's the case the c-clip needs to be holding that spring assembly down tight correct? in which case I'm not done and I have to keep working that clip down right? until someone suggests otherwise that's what I'm gonna go with. wish me luck, otherwise save me from disaster.

 

[bryanwheat]

Pull it back apart and you should be able to see the groove in there. I would take a marker and mark it all the way around in the groove than you will know that you are in the groove. Also that thing is way to dirty to be re assembling it. That debris in there can damage the seal.

 

[juntjoo]

alright cool, thanks.

 

[juntjoo]

got it finally. all cleaned up and snug and to tight.

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in case anyone is interested I used a rotary tool to modify these cheap little needle nose pliers so they could grip the c-clip better than any c-clip pliers I've tried. this worked best.

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[juntjoo]

anyone know how to get this piston boot in properly? I ruined the first one with one of many picks I've tried and I believe I may have punctured this one. is there a better tool anyone knows of? I have to take it out (somehow) and do it again. as you can see its not underneath the boot lip there as it is around the rest of it and I don't have microscopic pliers to pull that lip out. I'll just keep working at it maybe with a bunch of lube so maybe the boot can self adjust itself better. if anyone has done this and knows better please let me know

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