jrdone

I took my A6 4.2 in for the yearly check up. They told me I needed pads for the rear and nothing else. I told them I would do it myself. The Service manager called back 10 minutes later and told me you needed a special tool because of the electronic brake. He stated you would be unable to perform this in your garage without the tool. Any one know anything about this. I hand no problems with my 03 A6. Thanks for the help in advance.
John

Just Me

i had no problem. You do need a took to screw the pistons back in $25 from harbor freight in a kit. What year? If you have a C6 you may have an electric e-brake. Then you need something to release it. I dont know.

Incidentally, no one ever comes to this forum - i even hit it by error!

G

jrdone

Thanks for the information, by the way is there a more poplar form. Please let me know.
John

Reggie

You can just go to the model forum for your car

ChipB

What they're talking about is the electric parking brake feature - it must be retracted to make room for the new pads. Depending on the model of your car the rent-a-tool may not fit into the face of the brake piston correctly - that's the case on my '09 S5 for example. The easier and more elegant approach is to use the Ross-Tech Vag-Com or the MacTools EPB101 to retract the electric parking brake. More info here:

http://www.eabjr.com/Rear-Brake-Piston.php

r1racer

Definitely need vag com to automatically retract the pistons or u can damage the calipers.