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VW Tiguan Brake System ➜ Rear brake caliper

Tiguan 2021 ➀, Tiguan RUS 2021 ➀  
Brake system - Edition 10.2020  
2
Rear brake caliper  
β‡’ o2.1 verview – rear brake caliper”, page 91  
β‡’ a2.2 nd installing protective cap”, page 92  
2.1  
Assembly overview – rear brake caliper  
♦ Install complete repair kit when servicing.  
♦ Use only methylated spirits for cleaning the brake.  
♦ New brake calipers are filled with brake fluid and are pre-  
bled.  
2. Rear brake caliper  
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Tiguan 2021 ➀, Tiguan RUS 2021 ➀  
Brake system - Edition 10.2020  
1 - Brake caliper  
2 - Damper bushes  
3 - Guide pin  
4 - Caps  
5 - Hexagon socket head bolt  
❑ 8 Nm  
6 - Parking brake motor  
7 - Seal  
❑ Renew  
8 - Thrust nut  
❑ Removing and instal‐  
ling not possible  
9 - Seal  
❑ Removing and instal‐  
ling not possible  
10 - Piston  
❑ Removing and instal‐  
ling not possible  
11 - Protective cap  
❑ Removing and instal‐  
ling β‡’ page 92  
Note  
The brake caliper does not need to  
be removed in order to renew the  
protective cap; do not unbolt the  
break hose.  
12 - Bleeder valve  
❑ Lightly lubricate thread before screwing in. For allocation, see β‡’ Electronic parts catalogue (ETKA)  
❑ 10 Nm  
13 - Dust cap  
2.2  
Removing and installing protective cap  
Special tools and workshop equipment required  
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Tiguan 2021 ➀, Tiguan RUS 2021 ➀  
Brake system - Edition 10.2020  
♦ Removal wedge -3409-  
♦ Assembly tool -T10502- for rear brake FN c - M38 (15)  
♦ Assembly tool -T10146/5- for rear brake FN c - M42 (17)  
♦ Piston resetting appliance -T 10145-  
Removing  
Only the protective cap is intended to be renewed.  
2. Rear brake caliper  
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Tiguan 2021 ➀, Tiguan RUS 2021 ➀  
Brake system - Edition 10.2020  
NOTICE  
The brake caliper does not need to be removed in order to  
renew the protective cap; do not unbolt the break hose.  
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Piston has been moved back.  
Parking brake motor has been removed.  
NOTICE  
Risk of damage to ball screw assembly due to removal of  
piston and compressor nut.  
– Never unscrew piston and compressor nut completely.  
– Unscrew piston (-direction of arrow-) by maximum of 20 mm  
(-dimension a-) using an E11 Torx socket.  
– Lever protective cap off brake caliper using wedge 3409  
-arrows-.  
Installing  
– The surfaces of the piston and brake caliper must be  
cleaned only with methylated spirits and then dried.  
– Insert protective cap into groove -arrow- in piston.  
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