Rear Calipers

[danny_p]

if theye've been skimed properly they will now run true anyway

[AudiA8Quattro]

Whats the point of skimming the discs? they are cheap to replace.

[Ben Lessani]

If its just surface rust - then replacing isn't really necessary and a skim should suffice.

1 disk, not that expensive, 2 disks - still not that expensive, 2 disks, 2 callipers, a set of pads, brake fluid ..... it all adds up.

As long as you're not skimping on safety, there shouldn't be any real issue - save money where you can I say! Helps keep more MK2s on the road and more money in our wallets!

[Wayne]

Whats the point of skimming the discs? they are cheap to replace.

+1

[fishnchipsx2]

Getting your neighbour to run down to a workshop and skim them for you for free is £40+VAT cheaper than new discs.... 

GSF also charge £50 a side for calipers, £10 for pads, £20 for a pair of handbrake cables, on top of £7 a side for wheel bearing kits, then a pot of grease and bottle of brake fluid, not to mention the latex gloves I go through, also had to buy an 8mm allen key... if I got the whole lot new, I'd be getting close to £200!

Anyway - should I mount the calipers upside down, or fit the new cables?

[AudiA8Quattro]

Getting your neighbour to run down to a workshop and skim them for you for free is £40+VAT cheaper than new discs.... 

GSF also charge £50 a side for calipers, £10 for pads, £20 for a pair of handbrake cables, on top of £7 a side for wheel bearing kits, then a pot of grease and bottle of brake fluid, not to mention the latex gloves I go through, also had to buy an 8mm allen key... if I got the whole lot new, I'd be getting close to £200!

Anyway - should I mount the calipers upside down, or fit the new cables?

Just think how much it would cost if you were paying labour charges as well? 
I would fit new cables.

[fishnchipsx2]

The new cables are f**king shorter than the old ones.  Must have been given the wrong part. So, old cables are now going back in, and calipers will be going on upside down.

Whilst under there, I also noticed my exhaust has started to wriggle free of the fanimold, and has come off two hangars, one thing really does lead to another! 

[Wayne]

Getting your neighbour to run down to a workshop and skim them for you for free is £40+VAT cheaper than new discs.... 

GSF also charge £50 a side for calipers, £10 for pads, £20 for a pair of handbrake cables, on top of £7 a side for wheel bearing kits, then a pot of grease and bottle of brake fluid, not to mention the latex gloves I go through, also had to buy an 8mm allen key... if I got the whole lot new, I'd be getting close to £200!

Anyway - should I mount the calipers upside down, or fit the new cables?

Sorry but when dealing with brakes and safety issues, costs don't factor into it, thats my view anyway.

[fishnchipsx2]

The rear-right hand side was missing the tabbed washer that goes between the outer bearing and the retaining nut.  Don't ask me why, but it was never there - which explains why the split pin didn't actually sit inside any of the recesses of the castelleted nut.   Lucky it was on the right-hand side I guess, as the spinning wheel would have just tightened up the nut if anything.

Now, where can I get a new tabbed washer - if it's even supposed to have one on the right-hand side?  VW say it comes in their wheel-bearing kits, but they're £26+vat each. 

Does the GSF wheel-bearing kit come with the tabbed washer?

Edit: this thing.

[AudiA8Quattro]

Getting your neighbour to run down to a workshop and skim them for you for free is £40+VAT cheaper than new discs.... 

GSF also charge £50 a side for calipers, £10 for pads, £20 for a pair of handbrake cables, on top of £7 a side for wheel bearing kits, then a pot of grease and bottle of brake fluid, not to mention the latex gloves I go through, also had to buy an 8mm allen key... if I got the whole lot new, I'd be getting close to £200!

Anyway - should I mount the calipers upside down, or fit the new cables?

Sorry but when dealing with brakes and safety issues, costs don't factor into it, thats my view anyway.

Yep agree 100%.
Even more so if you're doing the job yourself. Do it once, do it properly.