Rear caliper

[Newbie57]

The bellows on the sliding pin. Is it supposed to clip on to the pad carrier?

[gazza1286]

The seal attaches directly onto the caliper.
The seal is not available from the dealer but forms part of the repair kits widely available.
Simply pressed into the caliper using a mallet and suitably sized socket. The metal part is poor quality and can distort if you're not careful.

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[househead]

Yea these are a little tricky to get in without bending the supple metal or ripping the rubber.

I used the socket and hammer method and had to re-form the metal rim a few times before getting it right. Probably a lot easier if the caliper is off the car vs on it.

I can't fully visualise it right now but possibly a wind-able clamp of some sort might be better (like a C clamp).

[Newbie57]

I bought new callipers and they have the boot. The reason for asking isn't that when I dismantled the brakes the boot came off on the carrier and is sitting nicely in a grove like it ought to be there.

[Bossworld]

I bought new callipers and they have the boot. The reason for asking isn't that when I dismantled the brakes the boot came off on the carrier and is sitting nicely in a grove like it ought to be there.

I fitted a replacement rear left to my mum's MR2 a couple of weeks back and to your point, once the carrier came off there was a neat looking rubber boot still on there. Had to do a quick Google image search to check there wasn't meant to be one on the carrier, I believe it must have torn off the boot that's tapped into the caliper itself but it was that neatly done you wouldn't think it wasn't by design.