Brake ATE/TEVES
Floating mechanism, fitted to VW T4 vehicles from January 1996.
Replacing the front disc brake pads by ATE/Teves
Removal
♦ Remove the rubber caps with a screwdriver (see Fig. 430).
Rice.
430 ATE/Teves floating caliper brake 1 - screw, 2 - brake disc, 3 - bolt, 150 Nm + 90', 4 - brake pads, 5 - spring caliper, 6 - caliper caliper, 7 - caliper, 8 - guides, 25 Nm, 9 - rubber caps, 10 - brake pipe, 11 - bolt, 10 Nm, 12 - bracket, 13 - brake hose, 14 - ABS speed sensor tooth disc, 15 - bolt, 280 Nm, 16 - housing wheel hubs, 17 - sensor bracket, 18 - ABS speed sensor, 19 - Torx bolt, 10 Nm, 20 - bolt, 21 - brake shield, 22 - bolt, 8 Nm
♦ Remove the spring (5) holding the brake pads.
♦ Unscrew both guide pins.
♦ Remove the caliper and hang it with wire from the suspension pole so that the brake hose is not under tension.
♦ Remove the brake pads from the caliper.
Rice. 431 Recessing the piston into the caliper body cylinder
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432 Removing the locking pins of the brake pads A - drift
Installation
♦ Clean the caliper body.
♦ Insert the inner brake lining with the retaining spring into the caliper, pushing the piston down first.
♦ Carefully insert the outer brake lining into the caliper.
♦ Connect the caliper together with the bracket and screw in the guides (8), tighten them to a torque of 25 Nm.
♦ Replace both rubber caps.
Insert the caliper of the ATE brake as follows:
♦ Insert one end of the caliper under the caliper and insert the lug into the hole in the housing (see arrow A, fig. 433).
Rice. 433 Installing the spring clip
♦ Insert the second edge of the bracket under the caliper, insert the second protrusion into the hole (see arrow B).
♦ After installing the brake pads, press the brake pedal hard several times to get the pads to work.