MK4 Golf Rear brake piston woes

rhysduck

rhysduck

rhysduck

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so fitting new discs and pads today to my mk4 gti 1.8t...

old pads and calipers came off with a little persuasion as the offside was down to the metal. trouble is now that the piston is to far out for me to get the piston winding tool in there to widn the piston back in....any ideas guys.

also, the nearside piston doesnt seem to want to wind in far enough to get it over the new pads... about 5mm short...

what say you ocuk motorists?

round 2 tomorrow :D
 
Eh? With the disc off, the tool fits into the caliper no problem, with the plate that sits against the caliper as you screw.

Tried again yesterday, took the disc off and bolted caliper back up on the carrier. Piston turns but doesn't protrude back into the caliper :( Couldn't give any more force unless I hammered it! :(

Looks like it's off to the garage... bugger :(

peeled the rubber boot back and piston is perfectly smooth and greased.
 
I feared that, figured that the one piston had extended too far out and has gone past the seal... ?

New calipers (Pagid) from Euro Car Parts are about £100 each. Not sure how much the VW ones are direct from VW.
 
Al sorted, rewind tool was a n go.

however a mahooosive g clamp combined with a pliers did the job perfectly!

New discs and pads fitted and SILENT :D

Now to diagnose why's shes drinking oil :(
 
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