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PostSubject: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeFri Jan 30 2009, 05:00

im about to go fit them in a minute and do an oil change at the same time then a good clean

does anybody want me to do a step by step guide of brake fitting ??
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeFri Jan 30 2009, 06:47

Yeah man, why not Smile
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeFri Jan 30 2009, 07:13

Do it Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeFri Jan 30 2009, 07:14

Champion idea, a picture shouts a thousand words. Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeFri Jan 30 2009, 10:11

only thing is most peoples brakes are all different but why not
vw change there bolts like they going out of fashion.
one day its a torque bolt then 17mm then spline they need to stick
with one .lol
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeFri Jan 30 2009, 10:32

yeah do one gricey, the amateurs like me can try it out Smile as cali says a picture can explain things better than 8 paragraphs of text can!
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeSat Jan 31 2009, 05:44

i syarted taking pics the disater struck

the phone died then the rear caliper was seized and every thing went wrong 6 hours to change front and rear brakes and oil and filter!!!

poxxy thing im so ashamed Sad
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeSat Jan 31 2009, 05:46

uh oh Sad

amateur guide makers tut tut Smile

my rear caliper was seized too!
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeSat Jan 31 2009, 05:57

lol i know i hang my head in shame Sad

i will do one soon i promise
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeSat Jan 31 2009, 13:15

why was it seized? did it not go back on the car? did u undo bleed nipple? this always help if
they dont go back . and u going the right way when u turn it back?
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeSat Jan 31 2009, 15:09

yeah the caliper wouldnt wind back tried every thing ended up removing it freeing it up and replacing
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeSun Feb 01 2009, 09:17

Nightmare when that happens.
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeSun Feb 01 2009, 09:45

i hate it when stuff like that happens!!!.......just turns a perfectly simple procedure to RUINING your day!!!!

But glad u got it sorted bud
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeMon Feb 02 2009, 09:44

Funny how the actual job might only take an hour but all the bits that fail around it can take the best part of the day.
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeWed Feb 04 2009, 11:21

yup and then i snapped a drive shaft on the way out saturday Sad

shatterd the bearing in the inner driveshaft cup Sad

so spent 2 1/2 hours in the snow fitting a new one monday night
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PostSubject: Re: mk4 gti brakes   mk4 gti brakes I_icon_minitimeWed Feb 04 2009, 13:46

That is the sort of job you want to be doing in the snow.... Mad
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