PLEASE HELP NOW!!! BRAKE PROBLEM (solved, PICS)
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PLEASE HELP NOW!!! BRAKE PROBLEM (solved, PICS)
99Audi A4 1.8T FWD....
Imchanging the rear brake pads and rotors....the rear i took the caliper and already compressed the piston, i tookout the other part that holds the caliper on the rotors, from what i rear the rotors should just come out! Is there a screw holding the rear rotors? i cant takethem out.
Please help!!!
Imchanging the rear brake pads and rotors....the rear i took the caliper and already compressed the piston, i tookout the other part that holds the caliper on the rotors, from what i rear the rotors should just come out! Is there a screw holding the rear rotors? i cant takethem out.
Please help!!!
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RE: PLEASE HELP NOW!!! BRAKE PROBLEM
As long as the caliper is out of the way it should come off. Just beat the **** out of it with something being careful not to **** up the hub. You knowyou will need new rear wheel bearings right?For FWD, they are pressed into the rear rotors, not thehub. Also remember to remove the ABS ring that is pressed into the old rotor to put in the new.
I used a giant socket bit (cant remember what size) and a hammer to press in the new bearing racesinto the rotors btw.
I used a giant socket bit (cant remember what size) and a hammer to press in the new bearing racesinto the rotors btw.
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RE: PLEASE HELP NOW!!! BRAKE PROBLEM (SOLVED)
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As long as the caliper is out of the way it should come off. Just beat the **** out of it with something being careful not to **** up the hub. You knowyou will need new rear wheel bearings right?For FWD, they are pressed into the rear rotors, not thehub. Also remember to remove the ABS ring that is pressed into the old rotor to put in the new.
I used a giant socket bit (cant remember what size) and a hammer to press in the new bearing racesinto the rotors btw.
As long as the caliper is out of the way it should come off. Just beat the **** out of it with something being careful not to **** up the hub. You knowyou will need new rear wheel bearings right?For FWD, they are pressed into the rear rotors, not thehub. Also remember to remove the ABS ring that is pressed into the old rotor to put in the new.
I used a giant socket bit (cant remember what size) and a hammer to press in the new bearing racesinto the rotors btw.
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RE: PLEASE HELP NOW!!! BRAKE PROBLEM
ORIGINAL: onepoint8tee
You reused the old bearings? [&:] How did you get the old races out?
You reused the old bearings? [&:] How did you get the old races out?
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RE: PLEASE HELP NOW!!! BRAKE PROBLEM
Look in your old rotors. There is a ring (the race) pressed into the inside of them that the bearings roll against. The bearings will fail within a few miles if you dont have a race in there. The bearings will just flop around. Maybe Im not understanding you. How can you bang the races/rings out without killing them to reuse?