Hi there ! I have just renovated my front and rear brakes om my Passat 1.8T 1998. This is the way to retract the rear Lucas caliper piston: You need to press and clockwise twist the brake piston in the caliper. First I tried with my standard tools but it was to hard so I purchased a special retraction tool f
The 2002 Volkswagen Passat has 37.8 in. of rear head room.
The 2002 Volkswagen Passat has 54.6 in. of rear shoulder room.
The 2002 Volkswagen Passat has 35.3 in. of rear leg room.
The rear track of the 2002 Volkswagen Passat is 4 ft. 11.6 in. (59.6 in.).
On a 1998 Passat, if you push the piston on the rear caliper in without turning it the caliper is destroyed. You need to buy a special tool to turn the caliper as it is being pushed in. There are some persons on EBAY selling universal brake caliper piston pushing tools on EBAY. If you just push it in, it will not automatically readjust the brakes. You will have very hot rear rotors from the constant rubbing.
The 2002 Volkswagen Passat has front wheel drive.
loosen the bleeder screw and use a c-clamp to depress the caliper. some technicians like to use a thin piece of wood to guide the caliper in evenly, but if you have the screw part of the c-clamp in the center of the piston you should be fine
Only the toe is adjustable in the front of any 2002 Passat. Caster and Camber are not adjustable, if one side is off the only thing you can do is shift the entire subframe. There are no adjustments in the rear of a front wheel drive Passat. All wheel drive (4Motion) Passats have toe adjustments in the rear as well. They may have rear camber adjustments.
The 2002 Volkswagen Passat is 5 ft. 8.7 in. (68.7 in.)12V front, 12V rear and 12V cargo area power outlet(s) wide.
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The brake caliper boot seal keeps out dust and dirt. If not replaced it can cause the caliper seal to leak and the brakes to possibly fail. It is simple to replace.