256mm rear brake conversion guide

[Dazdon]

Hi guys i've looked for ages and trawled this site..........do any of you know where the guide is for it?

Cheers

Daz

[Friggerpants]

Not one required really pretty easy....

. Wheel off.

. Loosen off hamdbrake cable in cabin to allow a lot of slack in cable.

. Unclip cable from caliper

. Undo carrier/caliper bolt. Believe it's a 13mm spanner and a 13mm socket

. Caliper off. Now you can remove hose from it.

. carrier is held onto hub with two bolts, 17mm IIRC.

. Carrier is now able to come off

. Now disc can be removed, remove screws and tap off evenly with rubber mallet.

Personally I'd remove splash guards at this point as new discss will run foul, or you can trim to suit.

Reverse process with new caliper/disc

[Tech1e]

Carrier bolts are normally 8mm allen keys.

[Dazdon]

Not one required really pretty easy....

. Wheel off.

. Loosen off hamdbrake cable in cabin to allow a lot of slack in cable.

. Unclip cable from caliper

. Undo carrier/caliper bolt. Believe it's a 13mm spanner and a 13mm socket

. Caliper off. Now you can remove hose from it.

. carrier is held onto hub with two bolts, 17mm IIRC.

. Carrier is now able to come off

. Now disc can be removed, remove screws and tap off evenly with rubber mallet.

Personally I'd remove splash guards at this point as new discss will run foul, or you can trim to suit.

Reverse process with new caliper/disc

This is what i was wondering about tbh , do you gain access to the cable by removing the handbrake console and plastic shrouds?

Cheers

Daz

[Friggerpants]

This is what i was wondering about tbh , do you gain access to the cable by removing the handbrake console and plastic shrouds?

Cheers

Daz

At the rear of the centre console, pull out the little plastic insert, that looks like it could be for a fag ash holder.

Two torx bolts underneath, undo them.....Then you can slide a deep 10mm socket underneath, and get it on the nut that controls tension within handbrake cable.

[Dazdon]

Spot on, cheers guys

[wilsy7]

What are the adapters talked about required for when fitting these? I don't see them mentioned here

[vindaloo]

What are the adapters talked about required for when fitting these? I don't see them mentioned here

You don't (always) need them. Only if the donor parts were from a 4x4 variant.

[wilsy7]

You don't (always) need them. Only if the donor parts were from a 4x4 variant.

Thanks

[R1chard]

You forgot bleeding the calipers again !

[billy2981]

Spot on that.

So I take it a full octavia vRS setup is spot on and a straight swap? Only splash guards need trimming.

Also I take it the pipe on the fabia just goes straight on to the octy calliper?

Billy

Ps

Is it safe to run the 256mm rear and the std fronts? Jus if I run out of time that's all, I also need to sort the abs and asr lights out too.

[vRS Joe]

If you have the larger splash plates from the doner vehicle then use them IMO. VAG would have fitted them for a reason...

[billy2981]

Mmm cheers. unfortunatly they are still on my octy lol and the one i broke for parts just went to scrappy. and they are damn expensive

[vRS Joe]

Mmm cheers. unfortunatly they are still on my octy lol and the one i broke for parts just went to scrappy. and they are damn expensive

£14.32 each plus VAT from TPS

[devonutopia]

Best way to sort the splashguards

[billy2981]

In that case ill see about gettin. ill give them a call monday.

If not ill be doin a jason on it lol