Front Brake Pads
Front Brake Pads
• Always replace on both axles.
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
• Torque Wrench (V.A.G 1331)
• Reversible ratchet (V.A.G. 1331/1)
• Piston resetting tool (T10145)
Removing
The 4 retaining pins for the brake pads on the brake carrier must not be loosened under any circumstances.
- Raise vehicle.
- Remove wheels.
• When removing, mark brake pads that will be used again. Install in the same position, otherwise braking effect will be uneven!
- Free up the brake hose on the bracket - 4 -.
- Release electrical wire from the bracket - 2 - toward the left - A - and remove.
The four retaining pins for the brake pads in the brake caliper must not be loosened under any circumstances.
- Press retaining spring - 8 - in the center.
• The spring is tensioned, keep hands protected.
• When removing the spring, make sure it does not scratch the brake caliper or damage the paint.
- Remove retaining spring carefully.
- Disconnect left front brake pad wear indicator connector.
• Only the inner brake pad in the left front brake caliper has a brake pad wear indicator.
- Loosen and remove both guide pin bolts - 4 - from the brake caliper.
Never remove bolts - 6 and 9 -
- Pull both guide pins out of the brake caliper slightly to make it easier to remove the caliper.
- Remove the brake caliper.
Do not let the brake caliper hang from the brake hose. Secure it to the body with suitable cable ties or wire. Do not support the weight with the brake hose.
- Remove brake pads from brake caliper housing or from brake carrier.
The four retaining pins for the brake pads in the brake caliper must not be loosened under any circumstances.
Installing
- Clean brake caliper.
Clean brake caliper with mineral spirits exclusively.
• Press piston back into caliper housing using resetting tool before inserting new brake pads. Before pushing back the piston, siphon some of the brake fluid out of the brake fluid reservoir. Otherwise, especially if reservoir has been topped off, fluid will overflow and cause damage.
Brake fluid is poisonous. NEVER siphon brake fluid with your mouth!
- Press piston back.
Use the Piston Resetting Tool (T10145).
- Remove any protective film from the brake pad backing plate.
- Insert the inner brake pad with the retaining springs in the brake caliper. The retaining spring - arrow - must sit in the brake piston.
- Insert the outer brake pad - 2 - into the brake caliper.
- Press brake pad and mount into the hole in the brake caliper.
The brake pad - 10 - has a mount on the backing plate that must sit firmly in the brake caliper hole.
Both brake pads must sit under the retaining pins in the brake caliper. The brake caliper has two retaining pins at both left and right that must not be loosened.
- Carefully slide the brake caliper with brake pads over the brake disc.
- Tighten the brake caliper on the brake carrier with both guide pins - 4 -.
- Position retaining spring - 8 - on the outer brake pad.
- Press retaining spring - 8 - in the center and insert the center tab of the retaining spring in the hole - arrow - on the brake caliper.
The retaining spring tab must sit correctly in the hole in the brake caliper or it can spring out and the brake pad will not be held in place.
• The spring is tensioned, keep hands protected.
• When removing the spring, make sure it does not scratch the brake caliper or damage the paint.
- Insert left front brake pad wear indicator connector in the bracket.
- Insert electrical wire in the bracket - 2 - and engage it to the right - B -.
- Insert brake hose in the bracket - 4 -.
- Connect left front brake pad wear indicator connector.
- Install wheel.
• After installing brake pads, depress brake pedal several times firmly to properly seat brake pads in their normal operating position.
- Check brake fluid level, and fill if necessary.