May be of use to somebody, so thought i would create it! The only TT specific instructions i found were on a website that thought the TT was a Twin Turbo, nuff said i think.......
Anyway, jack up your car safely and support it, remove the wheel, you'll be presented with this:
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Start by removing the caliper, this is fairly easy on this car, you need to remove two bolts, one of which is at the very bottom of the below pic. You need to get a spanner on the nut in front of it, otherwise it'll just spin around with it!
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After you've removed the two bolts (one is at the opposite end of the caliper, not pictured) the caliper will come away from the carrier. I then removed the carrier from the hub, you may be able to get away without removing it but i did it anyway, it's the only way to learn! If you look behind the disc you'll be able to see the hexagonal headed bolts holding the carrier to the hub, remove these and you can take the carrier off.
Now you can remove the disc from the hub, to do this you need to remove the most idiotic locating screw known to man. My advice is ditch these and replace them with a suitable torx headed bolt.
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You may find that even after you've removed the locating screw the disc will not come off. Paticularly with the rears being changed less often than the fronts, they can be paticulalry stubborn to remove. Solution? Hammer! In the end it will come off, trust me
I rekon the discs i removed today were the originals, so have been on for 9 years and 40k miles.
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Give the hub a clean and slip up if necessary?
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You need to rewind the caliper back in using a rewind tool. Mine was paticularly stubborn so i loosened the brake line and then used the rewind tool on the caliper, this pushed some fluid out but the piston went back in easier. You may need to bleed each rear caliper after this, i've driven my car since the install and it seems ok though.
Refitting is the reverse, disc on, new locating screw, carrier to hub, new pads in, caliper to carrier, wheel back on.
Check everything is torqued up correctly, i dont have the figures i'm afraid, but they should be around on the net somewhere!
Stand back and admire! Remember you'll lose some braking performance untill they are bedded in correctly!
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Regards, Chris.
Anyway, jack up your car safely and support it, remove the wheel, you'll be presented with this:
Start by removing the caliper, this is fairly easy on this car, you need to remove two bolts, one of which is at the very bottom of the below pic. You need to get a spanner on the nut in front of it, otherwise it'll just spin around with it!
After you've removed the two bolts (one is at the opposite end of the caliper, not pictured) the caliper will come away from the carrier. I then removed the carrier from the hub, you may be able to get away without removing it but i did it anyway, it's the only way to learn! If you look behind the disc you'll be able to see the hexagonal headed bolts holding the carrier to the hub, remove these and you can take the carrier off.
Now you can remove the disc from the hub, to do this you need to remove the most idiotic locating screw known to man. My advice is ditch these and replace them with a suitable torx headed bolt.
You may find that even after you've removed the locating screw the disc will not come off. Paticularly with the rears being changed less often than the fronts, they can be paticulalry stubborn to remove. Solution? Hammer! In the end it will come off, trust me
I rekon the discs i removed today were the originals, so have been on for 9 years and 40k miles.
Give the hub a clean and slip up if necessary?
You need to rewind the caliper back in using a rewind tool. Mine was paticularly stubborn so i loosened the brake line and then used the rewind tool on the caliper, this pushed some fluid out but the piston went back in easier. You may need to bleed each rear caliper after this, i've driven my car since the install and it seems ok though.
Refitting is the reverse, disc on, new locating screw, carrier to hub, new pads in, caliper to carrier, wheel back on.
Check everything is torqued up correctly, i dont have the figures i'm afraid, but they should be around on the net somewhere!
Stand back and admire! Remember you'll lose some braking performance untill they are bedded in correctly!
Regards, Chris.
