Removing and installing brake pads, front brake PC57: VW Touran II
Step-by-step removing and installing brake pads, front brake PC57 for the VW Touran II: 16 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 Touran II (5T, 2015–)
- 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 front wheel on relevant side.
- Disconnect connector for brake pad wear indicator.
- Connect bleed bottle bleed hose (1) to bleed valve of brake caliper.
- Open bleed 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, counterholding on guide pin.
- Pull brake caliper off brake carrier.
- Carefully place brake caliper on brake carrier.
- Secure brake caliper to brake carrier with new self-locking bolts, counterholding on guide pin.
- Screw brake hose onto brake caliper.
- Remove brake pedal depressorV.A.G 1869/2.
- Connect brake pad wear indicator connector.
- Bleed brake system .
- 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 (CADDY 3 Van) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.
How to change front brake pads on VW CADDY 3 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.
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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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