Removing and installing brake caliper with brake carrier — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi A8 D4 (4H, 2010–2017)

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• Switch on ignition Parking brake releasedCoding checked and rectified if necessaryEvent memory interrogated, displayed faults rectified and event memory erased.
• The brake and the electromechanical parking brake must not be operated when the brake caliper has been detached. — Carefully press brake caliper and brake carrier (with brake pads fitted) over brake disc.
• Make sure that the electrical wiring is properly clipped into the brackets on the hub carrier and secured so that it cannot come loose.

📋 Procedure

1. Connect up . [Note: Switch on ignition Parking brake releasedCoding checked and rectified if necessaryEvent memory interrogated, displayed faults rectified and event memory erased.]
2. Start the corresponding routine in the Guided Functions.
3. Switch off ignition.
4. Position vehicle on lifting platform .
5. Remove wheels.

6. Unplug connector for brake pad wear indicator (arrow).
7. Release electrical connector from retainer and at the same time turn through 90°.
8. Pull connector out of bracket.
9. Unclip wiring from bracket on hub carrier.
10. Unscrew bolts on brake carrier (15).
11. Detach brake caliper with pads and brake carrier.
12. Use a suitable length of wire to tie up brake caliper with brake carrier on the body.
13. ⚠ The brake and the electromechanical parking brake must not be operated when the brake caliper has been detached. — Carefully press brake caliper and brake carrier (with brake pads fitted) over brake disc.
14. Secure brake carrier (3) using new bolts (15).
15. Clip wiring into brackets on hub carrier. [Note: Make sure that the electrical wiring is properly clipped into the brackets on the hub carrier and secured so that it cannot come loose.]
16. Plug in connector for pad wear indicator wire.
17. Fit wheels Audi A8 2010 ► Running gear, front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive44Tightening torque for wheel bolts.
18. Lower vehicle.
19. Connect up . [Note: Switch on ignition Parking brake releasedCoding checked and rectified if necessaryEvent memory interrogated, displayed faults rectified and event memory erased.]
20. Start the corresponding routine in the Guided Functions. [Note: After installation, firmly depress the brake pedal several times with the vehicle stationary so that the brake pads are properly seated in their normal operating position.Make sure that the brakes work properly before the vehicle is driven on the road.]

🎬 Related video tutorial

Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (A6 C5 Avant) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.

How to change rear brake caliper on AUDI A6 C5 Avant

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