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ok... thanks- does anyone know what engine code the 1.4 tdi is? its a 53 reg

Hi guys

Is it safe to use an air gun to UNDO the 4 M8 bolts on the tdi crankshaft pulley? Will the gun be too powerful for it?

I'll let you know Saturday afternoon when I've had the car back in.

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yeh it was the wheel bearing - it had started working its way out of the hub and meant that new pads were too thick to for the caliper to reach over the caliper carrier

all done in the end - new bearing fitted and new ...

yes - loosened clamps and moved it across anyway to stop any rubbing from happening - the guy whos car it is is saving for a new ARB. subframe needs lowering whihc is a pain

they were but i re threaded them in the end

thanks anyway - good knowledge to know for the future

After close inspection I noticed the offside arb is rubbing against the corner of the subframe. This could be why the bearing has started to come out. Has this happened to anyone else before? Was it your arb that needed changing.

TA

I'll let you know Saturday afternoon when I've had the car back in.

Cheers

Think it's the wheel bearing. I can see the abs ring on the bad side but not on the good side plus the hub is very hard to rotate with the wheel on that's with the pads off too so brakes aren't binding and the abs light is on

Yeh I know that. It fits on perfectly on the near side but the offside is tight. I noticed that the abs ring is sticking out a little on the dodgy side. Am I right in thinking that maybe the wheel bearing isn't in all the way and that's restricting the caliper to go over the bracket? Seeing as the ...

Hi people. Ford specialist here so be nice to be

Can anyone tell me if all hub carriers for polo 9n are all the same

I need one for a 1.4 tdi and was wondering whether the ones on the petrol polls are the same

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Can anyone help

Hello

Need a bit of help

Installing front brake pads on my friend 53 plate polo tdi1.4

Can't get the caliper back on, pushed the piston all the way in but the calliper will not go over the carrier bracket..... Very strange. He took it to a garage before as they tried changing the pads but failed ...