Volkswagen Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Note:

Mark brake pads when removing if they are to be reused. Re-install in their original position to prevent uneven braking!

Removing:

• ‒ Remove wheels.
• ‒ → Remove handbrake cable from brake caliper.

• ‒ → Remove brake caliper housing securing bolts.
• ‒ Remove brake pads and pad retaining springs.
• ‒ Clean brake caliper housing, in particular the bonding surface for the brake pad. It must be free of adhesive and grease residues.

Installing:

Note:

Before pressing the piston back, draw off brake fluid from the reservoir. Use a bleeder bottle or a plastic bottle which is only used for brake fluid. Brake fluid is poisonous and must on no account be sucked out by mouth through a hose.

• ‒ → Screw in piston by turning knurled wheel of special tool 3272 clockwise.
• ‒ Insert retaining spring, if fitted, into brake caliper housing.
• ‒ Insert brake pads.
• ‒ Pull protective foil off outer brake pad backplate.

Notes:

• ◆ Fit special tool 3272 so that the collar (arrow) of the tool is seated against the brake caliper.
• ◆ If the piston is difficult to move, use a 13 mm AF open jaw spanner on the flats (arrow A) provided for this purpose.
• ◆ If the piston is pushed back with a piston resetting tool the automatic adjustment in the brake caliper will be destroyed.

• ‒ → Secure brake caliper housing with new self-locking bolts.
• ‒ Connect handbrake cable to brake caliper housing.

Notes:

Firmly depress brake pedal several times after each change of brake pads, so that the brake pads are properly seated in their normal operating position.

After changing brake pads check brake fluid level.

• ‒ Connect handbrake cable to brake caliper housing.

→ Illustration shows a brake caliper for a vehicle from 10.92

The assembly sequence remains unchanged.