Brake Pads, Removing And Installing, Six-Piston Steel Brake: Removing
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2024 Audi S6 and 2024 Audi A6 Quattro. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
-- Remove the brake caliper. Refer to BRAKE CALIPER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, SIX-PISTON STEEL BRAKE .
-- Free up the wire for the brake pad wear contact -1- by opening the protective cap -3- and disengage the wire from the brake caliper -arrows-.
- Label the brake pads when removing if they are going to be used again. Install in the same position, otherwise the braking effect will be uneven.
-- Remove the brake pads -3 and 4- one after the other toward the center of the brake caliper.
-- Unclip the brake pad retaining plate -1-.
-- When the brake pads are being replaced, unclip the brake pad spring -2-.
- If reusing the brake pads check the brake pad spring and the brake pad retaining plate for damage, if necessary replace.
- Do not change the shape of the brake pad spring and brake pad retaining plate.