Removing and installing brake caliper, CII 41, TRW, vehicles with front-wheel drive — VW
Removing and installing brake caliper, CII 41, TRW, vehicles with front-wheel drive on VW: 17 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform code AJ5
- Opens: brake fluid
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- Unscrew both securing bolts from brake caliper. Counterhold on guide pin while doing so.
- 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 wheel.
- Push lever on brake caliper (1) in (direction of arrow), and detach handbrake cable (2).
- Push locking lugs (arrows) inwards, and pull out brake cable.
- Connect bleeder hose of bleeder bottle to bleeder valve on brake caliper.
- Open bleeder valve.
- Apply brake pedal depressorV.A.G 1869/2.
- Close bleed valve and remove bleed bottle.
- Unscrew brake line.
- Unscrew both securing bolts from brake caliper. Counterhold on guide pin while doing so.
- Pull brake caliper off brake carrier.
- Secure brake caliper to brake carrier with new self-locking bolts.
- Screw brake line to brake caliper.
- Bleed brake system .
- Push handbrake cable into bracket on brake caliper until both locking lugs (arrows) engage.
- Push lever on brake caliper (1) in (direction of arrow), and attach handbrake cable (2).
- Adjust handbrake .
- Fit wheel. [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 (T5 TRANSPORTER Van) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.
How to change rear brake caliper on VW T5 TRANSPORTER Van
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
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Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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