Audi A6 + RS6 (1997 - 2004) - 98 2.8 Front brake pad replacement, help please.

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Sat 13 Sep 2008 10:14
98 2.8 Front brake pad replacement, help please. - John F
Can anyone please help with front pad replacement on my 10yr old Audi A6? [Haynes can't - no manual yet]. Where one expects to find the two bolts to enable the caliper to be removed or swung away there are two apparently immovable plastic bungs the size of a large thimble. There is also a daunting-looking spring on the outside of the caliper. Is this a 'with use of special tool AuXYZ...' job?

Edited by Pugugly on 13/09/2008 at 10:50

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Sat 13 Sep 2008 10:28
1998 2.8 Front brake pad replacement - help, pleas - 659FBE
If the A6 has the same set up (Teves calipers) as my Skoda Superb, you will need a 7mm AF Hex key. The two plastic bungs lever out to reveal the ends of the slider pins which are unscrewed using the key. The daunting looking anti-rattle spring on the outside will yield easily to being levered off with a screwdriver. Watch it doesn't fly off and become lost.

These calipers are easy to work on and give very little trouble. I would recommend a smear of silicone grease on the slider pins where they move in the rubber bushings as there is a tendency for the rubber to pick up on the pins.

659.
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Sat 13 Sep 2008 11:18
1998 2.8 Front brake pad replacement - help, pleas - John F
Many thanks for helpful prompt reply, 659, - up with the lark as well, eh? [flying blind in my misty neck of the woods!]. I was scared of damaging something by enthusiastic leverage so I'll give it another go. Depending on yr/model I think the A6 and Superb are virtually the same car mechanically. The Haynes for my previous 100 2.0SE describes similar caps for a Teves caliper but it looked completely different.
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