Last night I had a bit of a struggle with getting the circlip installed, so I closed down the shop and had a beer. Three beers, actually.
This morning, I made a modification to my internal circlip pliers in order to get down inside there more easily, and this time used the red grease instead of brake fluid on the piston.
It went in MUCH more easily, and the circlip went in more easily.
For this reason alone, I'll use the red paste from now on.
Even the dust boot went on well.
I use two 90 degree circlip pliers to work the dust boot onto the piston:
This morning, I made a modification to my internal circlip pliers in order to get down inside there more easily, and this time used the red grease instead of brake fluid on the piston.
It went in MUCH more easily, and the circlip went in more easily.
For this reason alone, I'll use the red paste from now on.
Even the dust boot went on well.
I use two 90 degree circlip pliers to work the dust boot onto the piston: