Audi A8 2003 Workshop Manual page 49

– Remove caps -1-.
– Unscrew and remove both guide pins from brake caliper.
– Take off brake caliper housing and lay to one side so that the
weight of the brake caliper does not stress or damage the
brake hose.
– Take brake pads out of brake caliper housing or from brake
carrier.
Use only methylated spirits to clean the brake caliper housing.
Installing
Check the thickness of the brake disc when renewing the brake
pads. Refer to wear limit for brake disc.
– Check brake disc for wear
– Press piston back.
Note
Before inserting new brake pads, press piston back into cylinder
with resetting appliance. Before pressing the piston back, draw
off brake fluid from the reservoir with a bleeder bottle. Otherwise,
fluid can overflow and cause damage, particularly if the reservoir
has been subsequently topped up.
WARNING
Brake fluid is poisonous and must NOT be drawn off by sucking
through a hose.
– Insert brake pad with retaining spring and wear indicator into
brake caliper housing (piston).
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Audi A8 2003 ➤
Brake system - Edition 03.2013
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1. Front brakes (PR 1LG)
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