Removing and installing brake caliper C60 — VW
Removing and installing brake caliper C60 on VW: 15 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 Passat B7 saloon (362, 2010–2014), VW Passat B7 Variant (365, 2010–2014)
- Opens: brake fluid
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- Unscrew both securing bolts from brake caliper; to do this, counterhold on guide pin.
- 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
- Remove wheels.
- Disconnect connector for brake pad wear indicator.
- Connect bleeder bottle hose to brake caliper bleeder valve and open bleeder valve.
- Apply brake pedal depressorV.A.G 1869/2.
- Close bleed valve and remove bleed bottle.
- Unscrew brake hose.
- Unscrew both securing bolts from brake caliper; to do this, counterhold on guide pin.
- Pull brake caliper from brake support plate.
- Carefully place the brake caliper on the brake support plate.
- Secure brake caliper to brake support plate with new self-locking bolts, counterholding with the guide bolts.
- Screw brake hose onto brake caliper.
- Remove brake pedal depressorV.A.G 1869/2.
- Connect brake pad wear indicator connector.
- 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.]
🎬 Related video tutorial
Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (GOLF 5) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.
How to change the rubber boots of the brake caliper guide pins on VW GOLF 5 TUTORIAL
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