Passat (B3)
| Repairing Girling rear disc brakes, vehicles with front or four-wheel drive |
Note| Four-wheel drive vehicles: only items → Item, → Item, → Item, → Item, → Item, → Item, → Item and → Item apply in illustration. |
| 1 - | Axle beam |
| 2 - | Hexagon socket head bolt, 10 Nm |
| 3 - | Speed sensor |
| q | Only vehicles with ABS. |
| q | Insert with lubricating paste -G 000 650-. |
| 4 - | Bracket for brake hose |
| 5 - | Hexagon socket head bolt, 65 Nm |
| 6 - | Self-locking hexagon bolt, 35 Nm |
| q | Renew. |
| q | When loosening and tightening, counterhold on guide pin. |
| 7 - | Guide pin |
| 8 - | Protective cap |
| 9 - | Brake pad retaining spring |
| q | Always renew when changing pads. |
| 10 - | Cover ring |
| q | Spacer collar - cover ring to cover plate, 9.5 mm. |
| 11 - | Brake carrier with guide pins and protective caps |
| q | Replacement carriers are supplied assembled and with sufficient grease on guide pins. |
| q | If protective caps or guide pins are damaged, renew using repair kit. Use grease sachet supplied to lubricate guide pins. |
| 12 - | Brake pads |
| q | Thickness 12 mm. |
| q | Checking thickness: → Booklet27. |
| q | Wear limit: 7 mm (including backing plate). |
| q | Always renew both sides. |
| q | Removing and installing → Chapter. |
| 13 - | Hexagon bolt, 23 Nm |
| q | Only vehicles for USA. |
| 14 - | Vibration damper |
| q | Only vehicles for USA. |
| 15 - | Brake caliper |
| q | Repairing → Chapter. |
| q | Adjust handbrake cable first after repairing or renewing. |
| Ensure foot brake is NOT depress beforehand. |
| Adjust handbrake → Chapter. |
| 16 - | Outer wheel bearing |
| 17 - | Hexagon nut |
| q | Adjusting wheel bearing play: using a screwdriver it must be possible to move the thrust washer by finger pressure (without leverage) → Fig.. |
| q | Secure with locking ring and new split pin. |
| 18 - | Split pin |
| q | Renew. |
| 19 - | Grease cap |
| q | Removing and installing → Fig.. |
| 20 - | Locking ring |
| 21 - | Thrust plate |
| 22 - | Wheel bolt, 110 Nm |
| 23 - | Brake disc |
| q | Brake disc for vehicles with front-wheel drive: 226 mm Ø. |
| q | Removing and installing → Chapter. |
| q | Brake disc for vehicles with four-wheel drive: 239 mm Ø. |
| q | Removing and installing → Chapter. |
| q | Brake disc thickness (both versions): 10 mm. |
| q | Wear limit: 8 mm. |
| q | When worn, always renew both sides. |
| q | Brake disc assembly sequence (brake disc run-in). |
| t | Brake caliper |
| t | Brake pads |
| t | Brake carrier |
| 24 - | Inner wheel bearing |
| 25 - | Sealing ring |
| 26 - | Speed sensor rotor |
| q | Drive off using a drift through a wheel bolt hole. |
| q | Drive on using a suitable sleeve. |
| 27 - | Hexagon bolt, 60 Nm |
| 28 - | Dished spring |
| q | Larger contact surface faces towards cover plate. |
| 29 - | Cover plate |
| 30 - | Stub axle |
| 31 - | Handbrake cable |
| q | Adjust handbrake → Chapter. |
| 32 - | Spring clip |
