Rear Brake Calliper - VESPA GTS Super 300 ie 2008 Service Station Manual

Braking system
This section è is dedicated to the description of the brake system components.

Rear brake calliper

Removal
- Remove the rear wheel.
- Remove the pad retention pin snap ring.
- Using a pin partially remove the brake pad re-
tention pin.
- Remove the screws fixing the brake calliper to
the crankcase then remove the brake calliper com-
plete with pipe.
- Complete the extraction of the pad retention pin,
the spring and the pads.
N.B.
IF IT IS NECESSARY TO REPLACE OR SERVICE THE
BRAKE CALLIPER, BEFORE REMOVING THE FITTINGS
FIXING THE CALLIPER TO THE SUPPORT BRACKET,
FIRST LOOSEN THE OIL HOSE FITTING AFTER HAVING
EMPTIED THE SYSTEM OF THE CIRCUIT BEING EXAM-
INED.
Overhaul
- Remove the rear brake calliper.
- Suitably hold the brake calliper in a clamp
- Remove the two calliper coupling screws as
shown in the photo
- Remove the two pistons from the calliper body
with the aid of short blasts of compressed air
through the brake fluid holes
- Remove the dust ring and the O-ring of each half
calliper.
- Remove the O-rings in the half calliper.
N.B.
WHEN REMOVING THE O-RINGS, BE CAREFUL NOT TO
SCRATCH THE HALF CALLIPER SEATS
BRAK SYS - 240
Vespa GTS Super 300 ie (2008)