When pushing the brake piston back in do you need...

[saalro]

the piston tool, or can you do it with a C clamp or some kind of plyers!?

Anyone know where i can get genuine front brake pads for my 1.8 T GTI Mark 4 150 BHP, i'm guess VW, anyone got the part numbers and know how much they cost, or alternatively suggest an online site.

Thanks a lot,
Sam.

[hooblah]

you can use some water pump pliers or you can stick a screwdriver in between the pad and the disc and lever against it to push the piston back. just make sure the brake fluid reservoir cap is off.

[saalro]

Do you need to take the brake fluid cap of when you use the piston tool?

[thai-wronghorse]

Yes, it can help to relieve some of the back pressure.

[rubjonny]

aye or crack the bleed nipple loose. watch the fluid level if you take cap off, you're actually reducing the volume in the system when you compress the pistons so it might overflow if the pads were very worn/fluid level was very high

[M616VMA]

i would just prize them back with a screwdriver as recomended but would use the unscrew the bleed nipple idea as just taking the fluid top off means your forcing fluid back through the master cylinder which has a shaped diaphram in it which the fluid going the wrong way may distort , then ya gonna need a new one .....as for the pads i cam get adl blueprint cheap enough which are recognised by many dealerships as genuine parts....
hope this helps
 

[saalro]

I'm not too familiar with the bleed nipple, does this just screw in and out or will i need to crack it off and then replace it with a new one? Or something??? Thanks.

[Ben Lessani]

You just loosen it and it will start seeping fluid.

[Diamond Hell]

I think anyone who needs to ask what a bleed nipple is and whether they should replace it should probably either team up with someone who's done the job many times before, to learn what they're doing, or go on a car mechanics course at their local college to achieve the same result.

Brakes are what stop your 1.5t missile.  If you work on them when you don't know what you're doing there's a very good chance you're about to remove their effectiveness, making your 1.5t missile an unstoppable 1.5t missile.  Everyone I know wants you to learn the basics of what you're doing (and not from some interweb forum) before you start working on your brakes, because funerals suck.

[thai-wronghorse]

Very well put, Mr Hell.