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Help - rear brakes dismantled, can't compress the piston??
Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 1:53 pm
by ttaw2
as the title says, i've got the old pads out, but can't shift the piston to make room for the new thick pads...
Any ideas, the car's up on stands at the moment
Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 3:09 pm
by Del_GTi
I could be wrong but i think they may be like the golf, if so, the piston screws in.
Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 5:44 pm
by ttaw2
Got the piston moving and like you said, it's threaded.. Don't quite see how unscrewing it will help me to get the pads in as that onl makes the gap smaller...
Am I being really dumb and missing some mechanism that locks the piston in place...?
I've disconneted the handbrake btw!
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 3:48 pm
by ali
Try turning it the opposite way, so as to open the gap (there is a special tool for doing this, Halfords sell em £20). Undo the brake fluid cap as you will be compressing the pistons. Make sure none spills on anything