Seat Leon >> Removing and installing brake disc
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Tool insert - T10035-
Removing:
- Remove the brake pads.
- Remove the bolts -arrows- of the brake carrier -1-.
- Remove brake carrier -1-.
- Screw out bolt - arrow - for brake disc - 1 -.
- Remove brake disc -1- from the wheel hub.
Cleanliness:
| WARNING Never clean the brake system with compressed air; harmful dust particles will be released. Only use methylated spirits to clean the brake calliper. |
- Clean brake disc and wheel hub.
Installation:
- Fit brake disc onto wheel hub.
Note Take care to keep the brake disc straight when fitting it on the wheel hub.
| Caution Use new bolts. |
- Screw in the bolt -arrow- for the brake disc -1- and tighten.
- Install the brake carrier -1- and tighten the bolts -arrow-.
- Fit the brake pads.
| WARNING After installing the brake pads, depress pedal firmly several times with the vehicle stationary, so that the brake pads are properly seated in their normal operating position. Make sure that the brakes work properly before the vehicle is driven on the road. |
Removing and installing brake calliper
Removing and installing brake calliper,
vehicles with manual parking brake
Note
Use brake filling and bleeding equipment - VAS 5234- to extract
brake fluid from brake fluid reservoir.
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Removing and installing brake splash
plate
Removing:
Dismantle brake disc.
Removing wheel bearing unit and wheel hub.
Brake calliper CI 38 (axle stiffness and manual parking brake):
Unscrew screws -arrows- of splash plate -1-.
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General notes
Avoiding damage
– If you have to drive over a kerb or similar obstacle, drive very
slowly and as near as possible at a right angle to the kerb.
– Keep grease, oil and fuel off the tyres.
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