Servicing front brakes, VW II caliper — VW
Servicing front brakes, VW II caliper on VW: factory workshop procedure. Full factory text, tools and checks.
Workshop procedure for VW — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.
Notes:
After replacing brake pads, depress brake pedal firmly several times with vehicle stationary so that the brake pads are properly seated in the normal operating position.
To draw off brake fluid from the reservoir, use a bleeder bottle which is used only for brake fluid. Brake fluid is poisonous and must on no account be sucked out by mouth using a hose!
Wheel bolt tightening torque: 110 Nm
Do not reuse used brake fluid.
10 Nm
ABS speed sensor
Before inserting sensor, clean fitting hole inner surface and coat with lubricating paste G 000 650
ABS speed sensor rotor
Hub
Pressing out and in
Plus running gear => Page
40-31
Base running gear => Page
40-1
Cross-head screw
Splash plate
Brake disc
Brake disc thickness: 12 mm
Wear limit: 10 mm
When worn always renew both sides.
Never remove brake discs from hub by force. If necessary use penetrating fluid, otherwise brake discs can be damaged.
Wheel bolt, 110 Nm
10 Nm
Brake pads
For vehicles from Model year '96 (T)
Thickness 14 mm, brake pad with largest frictional area fitted to the outside
Wear limit: 7 mm
Checking thickness
=> Maintenance manual
Always renew both sides
Removing and installing
=> Page
46-8
Brake caliper
For vehicles from Model year '96 (T)
Removing and installing
=>Page
46-8
Air deflector
Lower hexagon socket head bolt, 25 Nm
Upper hexagon socket head bolt, 25 Nm
Lower spacer sleeve
Upper spacer sleeve
Lower sleeve
Upper sleeve
Lower bush
Upper bush
Brake caliper
For vehicles up to and including Model year '95 (S)
Removing and installing
=>Page
46-6
Brake pads
For vehicles up to and including Model year '95 (S)
Thickness 14 mm, brake pad with largest frictional area fitted to the outside
Wear limit: 7 mm
Checking thickness
=> Maintenance manual
Always renew both sides
Removing and installing
=> Page
46-6
Brake pad retaining spring
For vehicles up to and including Model year '95 (S)
Fit to brake carrier before inserting the brake pads=> Page
46-7
Renew when changing pads
Wheel bearing housing
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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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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