Anyone know (as certain as possible) if the rear discs can be removed without taking off the caliper carrier???????

 

2006 (55) 1.9 Estate 253mm discs.

 

And am I correct in assuming they will be M14 spline bolts on this age of vehicle???

 

Cheers.

Post a pic and I’ll be able to tell ya ..... my gut is to say you’ll have you take the carrier off 

@jars I've just put the wheel back on this morning bud............ for now....... At least I remembered to measure them tho only one size for rears I think.

 

Cleaned my fronts up yesterday and was gonna do the rears but weather is not looking good.

 

I may need new discs all round due to rusting but will see how the fronts go now I have cleaned them.

 

5 minutes ago, jars said:

Post a pic and I’ll be able to tell ya ..... my gut is to say you’ll have you take the carrier off 

 

I think you are correct and I may have even tried before, but many moons ago, so cannot remember for sure.

 

Cheers.

Iirc it does depend on the disc type being a solid disc and the carrier not overlapping the discs too much when in position (if that makes sense!) 
 

I’m gonna google it and see what I can see ..... 

If you have this carrier on the rears (middle pic) you won’t have to take the carrier off to remove the disc, if it’s not like this then you will need to remove the carrier to take the docs off (the carrier on the right of the pic ) ....

 

 

AFAIK the carrier doesn't need touched.

 

13+15mm spanner to remove 1 caliper guide pin bolt, slacken the other (or remove) to rotate/lift caliper allowing pad and disc removal.

My recollection is that it depended on the disc diameter. It should be clearer with the wheel off and a photo if still unsure?

I'm basing statement on my own 253mm discs but... Alzheimer's!

Can't remember the size of my discs but I have a 2006 1.9 tdi estate and I can take the discs off without removing the carriers, and thank god I can, what a **** they can be to remove! 

Thanks for all the replies guys..........

 

The carriers do look like the TRW as pictured above, however the discs could be removed without removing the carriers, thankfully............ as a few of you have said.

 

I have bit the bullet and purchased new front discs........ Brembo........ I'm not a brake snob just that the cheaper ones were not available.

Priced £82 (iirc) pair at ecp and I got them for £66.34 at cp4less inc del......... Pleased. (Not here yet tho.)

 

GSF were trying to make out their std discs were £115 EACH, retail, discounted to £40 something each............ Lol.

 

I may yet have to replace the rears but at least I have cleaned them up a bit. 

 

The car is still in pretty good nick but I think in reality is still not far from the scrapyard to be honest, so do not want to spend unnecessarily.

 

Thanks again.

 

 

Edited 2 April, 20215 yr by Tilt

On this topic of rear discs

 

If I do need to replace the discs, I believe I would need the wind back tool so is this LH or RH????? cannot remember how they work.

 

Also would any adjustments need to be made to the handbrake or does the winding of the piston sort that automatically, (so to speak) ??????

 

Cheers.

6 hours ago, Tilt said:

On this topic of rear discs

 

If I do need to replace the discs, I believe I would need the wind back tool so is this LH or RH????? cannot remember how they work.

 

Also would any adjustments need to be made to the handbrake or does the winding of the piston sort that automatically, (so to speak) ??????

 

Cheers.

Normal RH thread (wind back clockwise), Should not need any adjustment to handbrake but easy to do if it needs it.

Edited 3 April, 20215 yr by Doofy