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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: hardmonkeys on 23 March 2013, 11:59

Title: Rear pads and disc
Post by: hardmonkeys on 23 March 2013, 11:59

Hello, mine need doing...ordered them, thinking it'll be an easy little number, looking thru the Haynes manual...it's seems a more difficult than I thought...are they making it sound difficult...or is it a little sh!t of a job??

Title: Re: Rear pads and disc
Post by: markallen on 23 March 2013, 12:04

Straight forward mate wheel off, calliper off, pads out, wind back tool needed to press the piston back or I've heard it can be done with a screwdriver. Then disc off and reverse the process.

Title: Re: Rear pads and disc
Post by: hardmonkeys on 23 March 2013, 12:09

Seems straight forward, what about the handbrake cable..

Title: Re: Rear pads and disc
Post by: markallen on 23 March 2013, 12:19

Stays attached to the calliper and comes off with the calliper or it did when I did mine? :/ ha ha

Title: Re: Rear pads and disc
Post by: hardmonkeys on 23 March 2013, 12:46

Quote from: markallen on 23 March 2013, 12:19

Stays attached to the calliper and comes off with the calliper or it did when I did mine? :/ ha ha

Brill...fingers crossed then lol

What did you use to wind the piston back??

Title: Re: Rear pads and disc
Post by: 1.8t-net on 23 March 2013, 21:41

This may be a dumb question, what way to wind back piston clock or anti-clock?

Title: Re: Rear pads and disc
Post by: gm8 on 24 March 2013, 09:07

lefty loosey rightey tightey :)

and op , get the windback tool , its about 15 quid. pita without one.

Title: Re: Rear pads and disc
Post by: jonnyturbo on 24 March 2013, 10:58

Yep a real pain without a winder tool tbh

Title: Re: Rear pads and disc
Post by: bobbarley on 24 March 2013, 11:07

Third that, buy the windback tool, so much easier with it.