Rear Brake Caliper: Installing

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Use new bolts .

-- Install the brake line in the brake caliper and tighten.

-- Install the rear brake pads, refer to REAR BRAKE PADS .

-- Tighten the brake caliper with the new bolts -4-.

Fig 1: Overview Of Rear Brake Components

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To tighten the bolts -4- use VAG 1331 and VAG 1331/3.

NOTE:

Reconnect the parking brake connector only after tightening the bolts.

-- Connect the electrical connector to the parking brake.

-- Install the brake hose and electrical wire into the bracket on the stub axle carrier.

NOTE:

Make sure the brake hose is correctly installed and secured inside the bracket on the stub axle carrier. So that the brake hose does not come out of the bracket on its own.

NOTE:

After replacing the brake pads, press the brake pedal firmly several times while the vehicle is stationary so that the brake pads are seated properly in their normal operating position.

-- Remove VAG 1869/2.

-- Bleed brake system

-- Install wheels.

Wheel bolt tightening specifications, refer to WHEEL BOLT TIGHTENING SPECIFICATIONS .

-- Lower the vehicle.

-- Switch on the ignition.

Display on vehicle diagnostic tester:

Fig 2: Display On Vehicle Diagnostic Tester

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The request to enter a display group number appears in display field -1-.
An entry keypad is shown in display field -2-.

-- Using the entry keypad, enter in display field -2- the "006" for the display group number and confirm by pressing the "Q button". (guide pistons together).

-- Press the green arrow button at the bottom on the left side to exit the entry template.

NOTE:

DTC memory interrogated, errors shown corrected and DTC memory erased.

-- Disconnect the vehicle diagnostic tester from the 16-pin diagnostic connector in the vehicle with the ignition switched off.