Rewinding rear caliper piston....

[beppe2672]

Take a trip to your local dealers and have a chat with the guy at the parts desk! If you're savvy with a spanner, a refurb kit for your rear calipers is around 30 quid from big red.

[Tezmax]

As for the brake pipe, take it off at next connection and keep the shape as it comes off.

I took mine somewhere local and they made me a new one while i waited.

[gm8]

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Volkswagen_Golf_1.8_2000/p/car-parts/brakes/brake-hydraulics/brake-hose-and-brake-pipe/?135441118&1&0e866f033911c31edfbd43e63282b5d522798ba1&000030

You need that (or the other side)

Easy job but you will need to bleed the brakes.

PS you did have the fluid res cap off yeah ??

And you can buy a new seal kit on ebay for £10 ( i have just done all my rear ones)

[hardmonkeys]

Sound!!!!

That's not as bad as I thought! I thought it would be from master cylinder back...how does connect...

[gm8]

1 x 11mm bold just under the rear bear , and then a 13 mm banjo fitting on the caliper. Easy to do m8. follow the hard brake line to the bolt , but you will see when you get the part. douse the old bolts in wd40 or such like before removal, and use a proper brake spanner if ya have one

[hardmonkeys]

Brilliant! Not got a brake spanner..will a normal one do the job??

[gm8]

yeah, just more prone to rounding off, as the line is being replaced anyway you can chop it and use a socket.

[hardmonkeys]

Never bled brakes on my own...is it difficult? What about the ABS..does This make it more difficult?

[gm8]

as long as the system does not run dry (it shouldnt) you shouldnt need to worry about ABS pump. get a one man bleeding kit (eezibleed is good , under a score) follow this order : Rear Nearside,Rear offside,Front Nearside,Front Offside, master cyl nipple 1 (closest to headlights, master cyl nipple 2.

Bleeding can be a bit of a pain tho . Get about a litre of fluid at least.

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/a4/brake-clutch-fluid-change.htm

lots of guides about.

[hardmonkeys]

Thanks mate! You're a diamond!