Reply to "Seeking advice prior to rebuilding the brakes for 1332"

larrywMember

If you decide to open up the piston, this is what you'll find.

1. Removing the internals requires extracting the circlip pictured above the slotted 'hat' at the top of the photo. I compressed the assembly just a bit in a vise and with enough cussing I eventually got the circlip out using two small screwdrivers.

Before reassembling I enhanced the notch at the end of the circlip with a grinder to make it easier to get out next time, if that ever happens.

2. DO NOT twist the slack adjuster body as you pull it out of the piston or you WILL break the small tang seen in the second photo. Unreplaceable, and essential for proper operation of the e brake.

3. Inside the bore seen in the second photo there lives an O ring seal that does not come in any vendors rebuild kits.

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