installing
7 - Brake caliper housing
❑ Do not disconnect brake
hose when changing brake pads
❑ Servicing brake caliper ⇒ page 150
❑ The brake carrier can be mounted together with the brake caliper
8 - Brake carrier with guide pins and protective caps
❑ Replacement carriers are supplied assembled and with sufficient grease on guide pins
❑ If protective caps or guide pins are damaged, renew using repair kit. Use grease sachet supplied to
lubricate guide pins.
❑ The brake carrier can be mounted together with the brake caliper
9 - Brake pads
❑ Wear limit ⇒ page 1
❑ Always renew on both sides of axle
❑ Removing and installing ⇒ page 107
❑ Checking pad thickness ⇒ Maintenance ; Booklet 405
❑ The brake carrier can be mounted together with the brake caliper
10 - Pad retainer
❑ Always renew when changing pads
11 - Wheel bolts
❑ Fit wheels ⇒ Wheels and tyres; Rep. gr. 44 .
12 - Cross-head bolt
❑ Tightening torque: 5 Nm
13 - Brake disc
❑ Wear limit ⇒ page 1
❑ On vehicles with a 16" brake system, the brake carrier must be removed prior to removing the brake
discs
❑ Detach brake caliper prior to removing
❑ Allocation of brake discs ⇒ page 1
WARNING
If one brake disc is dam‐
aged or worn, the other
discs must also be
checked for damage and
wear.
14 - Hexagon bolts, 10 Nm
15 - Splash plate for brakes
16 - Ribbed bolts
❑ M 12 x 1.5 x 60
❑ Always renew
❑ For bottom bolt: set torque wrench - V.A.G 1332- to 115 Nm to tighten the bottom bolt. This tightening
torque only applies when using interchangeable head - T40065- on the left side and interchangeable
head - T40066- on the right side.
17 - Ribbed bolts
❑ M 12 x 1.5 x 60
❑ Always renew
❑ Tightening torque for top bolt: 140 Nm
Audi A6 2005 ➤ , Audi A6 Avant 2005 ➤
Brake system - Edition 04.2019
106 Rep. gr.46 - Brakes - mechanism
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