Removing and installing brake caliper, brake caliper FN 44 — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Transporter T5 (7H), VW Transporter T6 (7E)

• Opens: brake fluid

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• Before pressing pistons back into cylinders using the piston resetting appliance, draw off brake fluid from the brake fluid reservoir. Otherwise, particularly if reservoir has been topped up, fluid will overflow and cause damage.
• The inner brake pad (piston side) is rotation sensitive and is therefore marked.
• Firmly depress brake pedal several times with vehicle stationary so that the brake pads are properly seated in their normal operating position.Check brake fluid level.

📋 Procedure

1. Remove wheels.
2. Push retaining spring in direction of (arrow A).
3. Push retaining spring in direction of (arrow B) out of hole.
4. Turn retaining spring (1) anticlockwise (arrow) until it can be removed from upper hole.
5. Disconnect connector for brake pad wear indicator.

6. Remove line for pad wear indicator from bracket on brake caliper.
7. Remove lower part of pad wear indicator connector as well as speed sensor wire from bracket on brake caliper.
8. Connect bleeder hose of bleeder bottle to bleeder valve on brake caliper.
9. Open bleeder valve.
10. Apply brake pedal depressorV.A.G 1869/2.
11. Close bleeder valve.
12. Remove bleeder bottle.
13. Unbolt brake line.
14. Remove cover caps from guide pins.
15. Unscrew and remove both guide pins (arrows) from brake caliper.
16. Pull brake caliper from brake carrier.
17. Remove brake pads from brake caliper. [Note: Before pressing pistons back into cylinders using the piston resetting appliance, draw off brake fluid from the brake fluid reservoir. Otherwise, particularly if reservoir has been topped up, fluid will overflow and cause damage.]
18. Press pistons back using piston resetting appliance T10145(1). [Note: The inner brake pad (piston side) is rotation sensitive and is therefore marked.]
19. Insert brake pad with retaining spring into the piston (arrows).
20. Fit outer brake pad to brake carrier.
21. Bolt brake caliper to brake carrier with both guide pins (arrows).
22. Fit both cover caps.
23. Bolt brake hose to brake caliper.
24. Remove brake pedal actuatorV.A.G 1869/2.
25. Push speed sensor wire into bracket on brake caliper.
27. Connect connector and brake pad wear indicator in bracket on brake caliper.
28. Secure wire of brake pad wear indicator in bracket on brake caliper.
29. Fit retaining spring into upper hole (arrow) and turn spring clockwise in direction of (arrow).
30. Position retaining spring at bottom of brake carrier.
31. First press retaining spring in direction of (arrow A), and then simultaneously into hole in brake caliper in direction of (arrow B).
32. Bleed brake system .
33. Fit wheels. [Note: Firmly depress brake pedal several times with vehicle stationary so that the brake pads are properly seated in their normal operating position.Check brake fluid level.]

🎬 Related video tutorial

Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (A3 2 (8PA)) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.

How to change front brake caliper on AUDI A3 2 (8PA)

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