This video shows how the vw audi rear caliper works. There is a parking brake adjustment screw inside the brake piston. This is why you have to turn the cali…
Rear brake job – inside the rear caliper on a vw audi parking brake and adjustment
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Is it the same with electronic (motorized) parking brake?
I have a 96 audi A6 quattro, and it has the same mechanism you show on this
video, that is it has the self adjuster, but mine doesn’t come out like
yours, i can unscrew the piston all the way out with no problems. I did not
try to unscrew the self adjuster, can i do this on my audi 1996 A6 quattro,
in addition, what is the correct positioning of the piston when you screw
it back in?, do i do it until it stops? thanks
no, try adjusting the parking brake cable , the piston should never need
adjustment
So using the parking brake (Even periodically) resets the caliper to adjust
for pad/rotor wear? I think the older drum brakes did the same thing by a
ratchet system.
Do I adjust that from under the centre console?
in your case if youre gona be hitting pistons with a hammer… your best
bet is to leave all mechanical repairs with a garage
I have a question, you said that if you don’t put your parking brake, it
causes strain in your transmission… is that significant? – because
everytime I parked my car, I always let it go a bit in the first gear, and
only then applied the parking brake (if the rotors were hot I didn’t want
them to warp because of the strain…) – or sometimes in the winter, I
don’t really put the parking brake on, because of the risk of freezing the
brakes to the rotors.
most of the time it’s just the cable.
Thanks really helpful video – I was wondering why my Haynes manual says
that I have to turn the piston clockwise to retract it – now I know 🙂
My parking brake recently “froze” on my Audi a4. Should I replace the
calipers and the cable or just the cable?
Hi there. I changed the rear calipers on my GT TDI to GTI ones, and since
then the rear handbrake doesn’t hold as well. I used the proper tool to
rotate the piston down as I put the pads in, but in the right hand side, it
feels as though the parking brake doesn’t grip properly. So to correct
this, I out have to pull the calipers off and wind out the parking brake
stop? Your videos are excellent. A good resource. Thanks Ben
I have a Golf 2 GTi from 1985, adjusting the wire end by the lever inside
the car to the max wont even work, so im guessing something with the self
adjuster is faulty, can this be fixed? I have brand new pads and wires.
Thanks a million! Nice resource. My problem is that when I hit the brake
pedal, passenger side rear brake doesn’t grip tight enough. Some told me
that I have to adjust caliper piston. I get confused why and how should I
do that?
in addition, I did not realize i had to turn the piston clockwise to get
the piston in, so that i can put the pads, so instead, I hit the piston
with a hammer. Did I damaged the caliper, by doing this?, should i put in a
new caliper?, finally, the car is making a knocking noise when i started,
and as sson as I hit the brake pedal, it goes away, is this related to the
brake mechanism somehow? thanks