Adjusting air gap: VW Touareg II
Step-by-step adjusting air gap for the VW Touareg II: 11 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Touareg II (7P, 2010–2018)
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- Turning adjustment nut one tooth equals approx. 0.15 mm.
- The adjustment nut on the right side of the vehicle is a mirror image.
📋 Procedure
- Remove rear wheels.
- Select electromechanical parking brake and function "“adjusting air gap”".
- Unscrew sealing plug (arrow) for parking brake adjustment nut.
- Insert a screwdriver through the hole in the brake disc and turn the adjustment nut (A) back against the resistance of the spring (B). [Note: Turning adjustment nut one tooth equals approx. 0.15 mm.]
- Calculate difference between actual value and specified value and divide this figure by 0.15 mm. This will provide approx. number of teeth for which the adjustment nut must be turned in the respective direction (loosen or tighten). [Note: The adjustment nut on the right side of the vehicle is a mirror image.]
- After adjusting air gap, press Complete button to up-date actual values.
- Then perform basic setting of electromechanical parking brake.
- To do this, select electromechanical parking brake and function "“Basic settings of electromechanical parking brake”".
- Install sealing plug (arrow) for parking brake adjustment nut.
- Fit rear wheels.
- Perform basic setting.
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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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