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7mm is standard for slider bolts. Was definitely 7mm on the rears

Have you actually done this on a 8V rear caliper? When you remove the piston, loads of loose ball bearings and springs fall out.

New caliper fitted. All resolved. Fuel economy has increased by nearly 20 mpg :-)

The wheel and discs/caliper were hot. All sliders were cleaned and a bit of copper slip added. Everything seems ok, so I’ve bit the bullet and bought a new caliper from Audi. I’ll hopefully fit it this weekend, and report back.

It was hard to tell. Because I had brand new discs and brand new pads, there was very little clearance.

I have a 1.6 TDI. I noticed that my drivers side rear wheel was getting very hot. I replaced the rear discs, pads, and osr caliper. The same wheel is still getting very hot. i used vcds to start/stop lining mode (with no issues), wound back the pistons, and manually bled the brakes. I have good...

Thanks for responding. I got chance to measure these earlier. For info it’s a 272 disc diameter and 38mm piston diameter. i think I’ll do the seals myself, can’t be that hard (kiss of death lol)

My offside rear caliper is sticking, and the whole wheel is getting hot. I want to replace the piston square seal and dust seals. Does any know if the piston is 38mm dia or 41? Also, what diameter are the rear discs (it’s currently peeing it down outside so don’t fancy measuring them)? Thanks

Cheers chaps :-)

Do you have a pic and part number for the special tool? Cheers

I initially used a large pry bar which I could see open up the gap. I then used the square drive from a 1/4" socket wrench and rotated the drive, this opened it further. I think there is some rust where the bottom of the damper bottoms out on the housing as there was zero gap or movement...

Tried to remove the front dampers to fit lowering springs. I undid the droplink, removed the strut clamping nut and bolt, spragged open the clamp, but could not remove the damper. I presume it must be rusted in. Sprayed loads of WD4o and worked it for hours. Any tips on how to free the damper...

@benjy911 Did you ever resolve this?

Perfect. Many thanks Mike

Ooh. Swear filter.

7 quid for a torque value, ****** to that lol. Someone must have it?

I intent to replace my front wheel hub bearing (1.6 TDI PLF). Does anyone know the torque value for the 3 retaining screws and the main 12 point hub nut? Thanks in advance