- A torque wrench
- Standard tools
- An OM 8154 brake piston plunger: 22-piece piston plunger set
- A sleeve for pre-centring the disc hub on the spindle: Set OM 4217 Set of 8 pre-centring sleeves for mounting disc hubs
Removal and fitting of a rear brake disc with integrated hub (KF)
How do you correctly change a rear brake disc hub (KF)?
- 1
Place the vehicle on the ramp
Brake discs are safety devices. They should always be changed in pairs.
- 2
Remove the rear wheels.
Never use, used grease caps.
- 3
Remove the brake caliper with its clevis and the brake pads. When changing the brake disc, it is also advisable to change the brake pads.
- 4
Remove the sealing plugs from the hubs (discard them).
- 5
Loosen the stub axle nut.
- 6
Remove the old brake disc
- 7
Refit the new brake disc.
To facilitate fitting of the disc hub, we recommend the use of a pre-centring sleeve: OM 4217 Set of 8 pre-centring sleeves for fitting disc hubs.
- 8
Tighten to torque using the new nut supplied in the SNR kit.
- 9
Refit the new sealing plug.
- 10
After pushing back the brake caliper piston, reinstall the brake pads and caliper.
- 11
Refit the wheel.
- 12
Depress the brake pedal several times to bring the brake pads back into contact with the brake disc.