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General => The garage => Topic started by: emery1990 on 29 April 2011, 10:42
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It says I have to add grease to the stub axle, atm it's red greasy stuff, can I use copper grease to lubricate it or not :undecided: Sorry if that's a stupid question :laugh:
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Yer was a stupid question! The old wheel bearing that came out of my old disc doesn't fit my new disc now! Is my new disc wrong then, wouldn't surprise me, they only sent one instead of two anyway. Idiots.
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Copper grease is no good anyway :smiley:
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Disc is right, just got to find a way of getting the outer race? out of the old disc!! Without a 20 ton push. :cry:
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Better to fit new bearings tbh :smiley:
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Yeah heard they arn't expensive either.
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even if you get the bearing out it'll fail very quickly if refitted to another disk.
one of those parts you replace just because it's to much potential bother not to
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Got two brand new ones today :) Just gotta get the grease and wait for my other disc to turn up.
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Not too much grease mind, in fact bearings normaly come with a small sachet which is more than enough. :smiley:
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OK thought I needed loads, the old ones are swimming in it!
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Not too much grease mind, in fact bearings normaly come with a small sachet which is more than enough. :smiley:
This ^
OK thought I needed loads, the old ones are swimming in it!
A little goes a long way :laugh:
Its quite nice having it all over your hands but for gods sake wear latex gloves!
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Yer these didn't come with nothing :rolleyes:I ordered a big tub of it off ebay anyway, just use the old lube, looked pretty fresh anyway for the disc I have got, managed to hit them in with a hammer and inch pole.
All done, but the pads are rubbing on my discs, do I need to push back the piston as far back as it will go?
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you will need to push the pistons all the way back when fitting new pads to new discs.
Make sure you take the cap off the fluid res on the Master cylinder when pushing back the pistons.
Blead the calipers as well, the rear brakes can get a bit sticky on Mk2/3 golfs.
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Cheers mate, I did try pushing them back without cap on, obviously they didnt move though! Ahh more break bleeding lol
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Cheers mate, I did try pushing them back without cap on, obviously they didnt move though! Ahh more break bleeding lol
they need pushing and turning on mk2s and mk3s
a g-clamp will suffice or a big pair of grips. a bit pikey but will do the job!