Brake change on Audi Need Help

Hi all hope you all had a good holiday and ready for the next one.

I am getting ready to change the front brake pads on an Audi TT 2002, with ABS for a friend. The regular brake pads for it is worth $70, is there anything special i need to be doing or things i do different than an ordinary brake change.
It has ABS!

thanks and take care. When we are doing brake work on an ABS equipped vehicle we open the bleeder screw when we push the pistons back in. That’s so you’re not forcing fluid and possibly dirt back into the ABS unit.
This is only one thing that I believe should be done, every vehicle has their own quirks and you should know all of them before you start working on your friend’s brakes.
Get a manual and if you only read the principles of operations and the cautions that are there, could help prevent a problem. Working on brakes isn’t like doing a tune-up, who cares if you make a mistake and it runs a little rough. Screw up on brakes and you could loose your friend.
Stepping off soapbox now.
Please don’t take offence it’s not meant that way, you must care or you wouldn’t be here asking questions.

Dan. thanks dand for your advice. i appreciate your great concern, and you bring to my mind the saying "when someone trys to be nice it turns against him/her at times". I am not a professional mechanic i am an engineer and i work on cars as a hobby. I have replaced numorous brake pads before as well as other components in cars and i have done alot of diagnosistics and troubleshooting for car issues. I feel pretty confortable working on cars and if i am not sure i ask a professional or leave if for a professional, becuase i do not make a living off of it. So i will attempt this brake change, and take all my precautions. i will also test drive the car myself for possible malfunctions.

thanks for the ABS tip. Sam, How's the brakes going on the Geo?? Haven't heard from ya. Dan, did you borrow Venturi's soapbox after I gave it back to him? I had to use it to reach inside some vans

No it’s my own box Tom. LOL
I didn’t want to sound like a preacher but you know yourself as I do and have seen, sometimes people just get in over their heads. That’s where a little research would save all kinds of grief.
Like I said in my other post, I think Kauty has an understanding of this or his question wouldn’t have been asked. Who knows how many people this thread may help to understand that there is no shame in picking up a repair manual.
I’ve been at this trade for better then 25 years and I would hate to try and repair some of this stuff with out a good source of repair information. A ten-minute read can save a whole lot of headache, especially when it comes to safety issues.
Ah carp, how did I get up on this box again. LOL
Dan. Way2old,
the brakes on the Geo, sort of healed on thier on. After we last time we talked i disassembled the tire and the caliper to do the test you suggested and as i compressed the caliper it went back on slightly less than fine with out me unscrewing any nut to let the fluid out. Needless to say i could not do the test you sugggested becuase the piston did not say firm as it did when i called you. So i am thinking it must have been a peice or rusted metal inside one of the pipes or so. And ofcourse the brakes do not lock/smoke like it did. Thanks Way2old,

the brakes on the Geo, sort of healed on thier own. Afterlast time we talked i disassembled the tire and the caliper to do the test you suggested and as i compressed the piston in the caliper it went back, slightly less than fine with out me unscrewing any nut to let the fluid out. Needless to say i could not do the test you sugggested becuase the piston did not stay firm as it did when i called you. So i am thinking it must have been a peice of rusted metal inside one of the pipes or so. And ofcourse the brakes do not lock/smoke like it did. Thanks FYI for the DIY

when replacing the brake pads on an Audi TT 2001/2002, and it is time to retract the caliper piston to place the new pads, they screw in clockwise to move them back. They are not pushed back like all the cars i am used to. Yes there is a special tool for it.