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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: benjam_in on 10 September 2004, 10:01

Title: Rear Pads
Post by: benjam_in on 10 September 2004, 10:01

Any one got any hints tips or cheat on changing my rear pads?

Title: Re: Rear Pads
Post by: benjam_in on 13 September 2004, 10:42

did them at the weekend one was a right biatch to wind back in tho!

Title: Re: Rear Pads
Post by: Judderi on 13 September 2004, 12:04

At least you knew you had to wind them in! I was there for hours trying to push them in. ;D

Title: Re: Rear Pads
Post by: benjam_in on 13 September 2004, 12:57

well i worked that one out after a while too! lol had to get down to halfords for some circlip pliers which i broke! doh!

Title: Re: Rear Pads
Post by: Judderi on 13 September 2004, 15:55

Halfords do a caliper winding tool y know. Thats what i used.

Title: Re: Rear Pads
Post by: benjam_in on 13 September 2004, 16:45

do they? couldnt see one but i was rushing maybe they didnt have one its only a tinpot halfords

Title: Re: Rear Pads
Post by: Dizzie on 13 September 2004, 17:25

I thought you just wound them back in with a huge allen key?  ???
that's what I did anyway.

Title: Re: Rear Pads
Post by: Judderi on 14 September 2004, 10:40

Was it a magic allen key?  ;D

Title: Re: Rear Pads
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 14 September 2004, 10:58

you can use a mini g clamp, about ?1 from a pound shop ;D

Title: Re: Rear Pads
Post by: benjam_in on 14 September 2004, 11:43

some have an allen key fixing and othere have two notches cut into! was hoping mine would work with and allen keywould have been so much easier and wouldnt have hurt my knuckles so much!

Quote from: veedubgti16v on 14 September 2004, 10:58

you can use a mini g clamp, about ?1 from a pound shop ;D

how does that work then???

Title: Re: Rear Pads
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 14 September 2004, 11:51

clamp the fixed end ont the body of the calliper and the screw in end onto the piston and wind in. hey presto :D