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Offline Steve_B

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Re: Do these work?
« Reply #10 on: 10 August 2008, 19:52 »
With the rear pads the calipers have to be rotated as well as pushed.
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Offline rubjonny

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Re: Do these work?
« Reply #11 on: 10 August 2008, 20:17 »
yeah if you use a g clamp on the rears it will trash the handbrake mechanism
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Offline JC

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Re: Do these work?
« Reply #12 on: 10 August 2008, 20:22 »
:afro:  and there ya go - membership to this place - priceless  :wink:

Cheers  :cool: will remember that if and when i do the rears  :wink:
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Offline bundy

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Re: Do these work?
« Reply #13 on: 11 August 2008, 00:50 »
was going to do my rears myself but not after i just read all that!sounds like far to much hard work  :shocked:
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Offline Steve_B

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Re: Do these work?
« Reply #14 on: 11 August 2008, 20:31 »
That's before I get to the allen key bolts that look like they've never been touched. Gonna take a lot of swearing to them feckers off!
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Offline gusto

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Re: Do these work?
« Reply #15 on: 11 August 2008, 20:36 »
i just changed my pads and discs all round and with no probs all i used was a plactic g clamp from a builders shop with a pice of bar spred over the pistons and made sure that the fluid cap was off and they went on easy with no probs the only thing i had troble with was the caliper frame bolts ( frame that holds the caliper on )lol because they had rusted and needed to be cut off got new bolts and all working it was on a 89 mk2 gti 16v so dont no if thats any different :)
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