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16.11
RECOMMENDATIONS
A
ll
«N
..
type
rubber
components
(master
c
ylinder
seals
and
gaskets.
scraper,
g
al
l
er
.
caliper
jOining
gaskets.
dust
cap) are
made o
f specia
l
compound
reslstmg
to
the
brake
flu
id ac llon bu
t
not to th
e
et-
ching
action
0
1
miner
al o
i
ls,
diesel
0 11.
or
SOlvents
which
are
someti
mes used
10
wash d
own
the
byke
Accord ing ly,
i
t is
Slfong
ly recommen
d
ed
to
avoi
d any
COni
act
oj these
liquids
wi th
rubber
pa
rts of the
br
a-
king
s
cir
cuI
t.
For
If'l
stance,
II mi
gh
t
occ
ur th at
the
scraper ring
due to getting
111
con
ta
ct
w
ith
such
liquid
s may
, also
parti
ally,
sti
c
k
to Ihe
fl oat
er
and
so
preve
nt it from
sli
ding
prop
erl
y
.
For
some
unknown
reasons,
Ihe
caliper gaskets are
somewhat
subject to sticking
to th
e
plungers.
Thi
s pec
uli
arity
may
occ
ur
within
8 comp
arCi
ti
ve ly
penod of
tim
e
(Cl
bt
2
-
4
month
s)
This time,
howe·
ver,
IS
influ
ence
d by
many
factors
such
as
machining
to
lera nce,
rubb
er
co mpo
und
to ler8 ncss
, ambi
e
nt
con-
96
ditions wh
en
the calipers
are
either
stored
o
r
the
machine IS
kept
inopera
tive for tong
period
s.
II
an
e vent o
f
th
is
kind turns
up.
H
IS
necessary
10
proceed
as follo
ws
.
a
pull
the
from
cyl
inder
tever
or
p
ush the
pedat
re-
peatedly
fo
r
the
rear
cylmder tl
l1
the
correc
t
pad
-diSC
distance
is
obtained
;
b
if the
above operation
d
oes not
give satisfactory
results, proceed as follows
~
remove
the
plastic cap
from
the caliper
;
~
remove one pad
and
actuate
the
master cylinder
so
as
to
allow
Ihe plunger
to
come out from its hou-
sing
in
the caliper about 4
~
6
mm
(.157...,.. 236").
-
push
In
th
e
plunger taking
care not
to
damage
It,
or the disc, or the
rubber components
,
re-fit
the pad,
proceed
likeWise
for
the other pad,
operate as
indicated at
a)
Note
When
carrying
out the above operations make
sure
the
pad
position is not reversed,
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