GTI rear discs

[macccityrocker]

Hi folks can someone please tell me are the rear discs on a 1998 gti 8 valve 226mm/10mm? Cheers Steve W..

[Gash]

they all are i believe

[tweed]

Yes they are.

8v gti, 16v gti, and vr6 are all the same.

[Wayne]

If replacing the rear discs I would recommend new wheel bearings as well.

[Leebob]

If replacing the rear discs I would recommend new wheel bearings as well.

Any reason why wayne?

[Gavv8]

Because you would have to remove the old bearings from the discs to re-fit to the new discs and would probably damage them in the process, new bearings are fairly cheap and mk3's can be quite hard on rear bearings if the pre-load isn't set correctly so all in all its better to change the disc/pads/bearings in one hit for peace of mind.

[Wayne]

Because you would have to remove the old bearings from the discs to re-fit to the new discs and would probably damage them in the process, new bearings are fairly cheap and mk3's can be quite hard on rear bearings if the pre-load isn't set correctly so all in all its better to change the disc/pads/bearings in one hit for peace of mind.

Spot on sound advice

[Gavv8]

Its also worth mentioning for this job that you will need the caliper rewind tool to compress the pistons back in to the caliper..this is a MUST as you will damage the caliper without it, its also highly likely that the two caliper carrier bracket allen bolts will be a pain to remove so its worth having a good 8mm allen socket that fits in to the bolt properly and even some irwin extractors in case you round the allen bolt out.

[Gash]

carparts4less... £36 delivered for two rear discs and bearings... bought them last week!

[macccityrocker]

Thanks for the replies folks.......