Removing and installing brake caliper, Crafter 5.0 t — AUDI
Removing and installing brake caliper, Crafter 5.0 t on Audi: 16 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 2EA, 2ED, 2EH, 2EX, 2EB, 2EE, 2EK, 2FC, 2FF, 2FL, 2FZ, 2FG, 2FM
- Opens: brake fluid
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- 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
- Raise vehicle 10.2.
- Remove wheels.
- Connect bleeder bottle hose to brake caliper bleed valve and open bleed valve.
- Apply brake pedal depressorV.A.G 1869/2.
- Close bleed valve and remove bleed bottle.
- Unscrew brake hose.
- Disconnect connector (1) for brake pad wear indicator.
- Unscrew securing bolts (arrows) for brake caliper.
- Remove brake caliper, guiding wire for brake pad wear indicator through opening in brake caliper.
- Pull brake caliper from brake carrier.
- Insert brake caliper housing.
- Tighten securing bolts (arrows) to specified torque.
- Connect connector (1) for brake pad wear indicator.
- Screw brake line to brake caliper.
- Bleed brake system .
- 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.]
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