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Loosen the lug nuts Raise the vehicle up Place safety stand under the car Remove the Tire 6mm Hex to take out the center bolts Remove the Caliper compress the piston of the Caliper Inspect the Rotor and determine if they need to be turned or replaced reintall in reverse order
you need a special tool which fits into the two slots on the caliper and rotates while applying pressure to return the caliper piston. it is because the caliper piston is threaded for use with a combination parking brake.
There is a cheap brake piston retractor kit they sell at Harbor Freight that helps a great deal, because you have to rotate the pistons in the rear calipers, as you push them back in. That is because the rear brakes also act as parking brakes, so can't be allowed to retract. That is all you really need in the way of tools except for the right socket/torex/allen for the caliper bolts. I don't know that exact size/shape of the bolt heads because they change.
an 06 passat has special rear calipers that have to be taken in by a scan tool if you try to turn them in you will damage parking brake motor the brakes also need reset after installation by scan tool or there will be codes in parking brake circuit but the fronts are normal except for sensors on the inboard pads but i beleive at the dealer its around 800 for rotors and pads all the way round the grille im not sure of maybe 150-200 total
Proper size wrenches and a large C-clamp to push piston back into the caliper is only tools for the front, but back disk brakes require special tool to TURN the piston as it is pushed back into caliper to reset emergency brake. This tool can often be borrowed from Auto parts store or purchased from Harbor Freight http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=40732 for about $20. Don't try to service rear disks without the tool, Calipers can be broken if not retracted properly!
front is as same as gm, 2 on caliper do not forget to press caliper pistons back into themselves, then just take pads out and replace then, install and start car and press on brake to bring pressure back into caliper
G clapm and water pump pliers needed,slight compression on G clamp which is on back /piston slight pressure applied then turn the piston with the waterpump pliers ,better with two people one holding it and keeping pressure on G clamp whilst the other turns piston.Yes i know their is a special tool for this and every motor has its own style of tool but mine does all .
You'll need a few special tools. You will need some common metric wrenches and sockets, 10-19mm will be more than enough, and you'll need an 8mm Allen bit as well, to remove the caliper mounting bolts (these anchor the caliper to the caliper carrier). If you're doing rear brakes, you'll also need the proper tools to screw the calipers back in. If you're doing front brakes, you can use a C-clamp to compress the pistons back in. Other than that, and maybe a big beefy screwdriver to separate the caliper from the carrier, there's nothing to it.
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