Brake discs replacement: Unhooking brake cable from expander: — AUDI
Brake discs replacement — Unhooking brake cable from expander: on Audi: 13 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: Audi Q7 (4L, 2005–2015)
📋 Procedure
- Remove screw plug (arrow) for parking brake adjustment nut.
- Resetting parking brake
- Turn adjustment nut (A) against resistance of extension spring (B).
- Remove brake disc .
- Remove brake disc (18 Plus brakes) .
- Remove brake disc (ceramic brakes) .
- Press brake cable nipple downwards against retaining spring in expander until brake cable can be pulled out.
- Unclip brake cable from retainer on tank.
- Unclip brake cable from retainer on subframe and then pull it out.
- Installation is carried out in reverse sequence.
- Install brake disc .
- Install brake disc (18 Plus brakes) .
- Install brake disc (ceramic brakes) .
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The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
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