Removing and installing brake caliper, FN 3 brake caliper: VW Polo 6C
Step-by-step removing and installing brake caliper, FN 3 brake caliper for the VW Polo 6C: 19 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: VW Polo 6C (2014–2017)
- Opens: brake fluid
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- 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.
- Lever brake pad retaining spring out from brake caliper with a screwdriver and remove.
- Connect hose of bleeder bottle (1) to bleeder valve of brake caliper.
- Open bleeder valve.
- Apply brake pedal depressor V.A.G 1869/2.
- Close bleeder valve and remove bleeder bottle.
- Unscrew brake hose.
- Pull both cover caps out of brake caliper bearing bushes.
- Loosen both guide pins and remove from brake caliper.
- Pull brake caliper off brake carrier.
- Remove brake pads from brake caliper or from brake carrier.
- Insert inner brake pad with retaining spring into brake caliper (piston).
- Bolt brake caliper to brake carrier with both guide pins.
- Fit both cover caps.
- Bolt brake hose to brake caliper.
- Remove brake pedal actuator V.A.G 1869/2.
- Insert retaining spring into brake caliper.
- Bleed brake system (see the separate procedure).
- 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 (POLO 4 (9N)) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.
How to change front brake caliper on VW POLO 4 (9N)
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