Thank you for this. Will be changing front and rear on my Mk6 and I'm happy you reminded me that the rear sets are much easier than the front. The rear need the TLC the most so I'll be doing them first. 😅 Thanks also for stressing about the axel bolt. Noted!
It's so much easier with the tool for the piston, then no nead to worry. I did it that way a couple years ago and slipped off with the pliers and ended up tearing the seal! I looked into it and ended up having to buy a whole new assembly for both sides, lesson learned.
It does not hurt to check the brake fluid reservoir before you collapse the brake caliper piston to see if it is over filled with brake fluid. If it is you may want to remove some of it from the brake fluid reservoir so that it does not overflow when you collapse the brake caliper pistons. Hope this helps you out. Have a great day.
Great video. If you're gonna do this at home, just get the goddamn tool for rolling the caliper piston back. It's cheap and really handy. The channelock/vice grips what have you is just a hassle.
Agree - the video is great! And I rented the piston tool from an auto parts store. They charged me the cost of the tool and issued a full refund upon proper return. Free rental...and I didn't buy any parts there either. I'd say if you have an auto shop and do a lot of these brake jobs, why not spend the $60 and buy the tool? Heckuvalot better than this goofball setup...
Most of our viewers more than likely do not have a tool in their tool box to collapse brake caliper pistons, so we wanted to show a work around for this. Yeah, If you can grab the proper brake caliper tool you can use that too. Hope our auto repair video helped you out.
Thank you for this. Will be changing front and rear on my Mk6 and I'm happy you reminded me that the rear sets are much easier than the front. The rear need the TLC the most so I'll be doing them first. 😅 Thanks also for stressing about the axel bolt. Noted!
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00:00 Introduction
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07:11 How To Collapse Brake Piston
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It's so much easier with the tool for the piston, then no nead to worry. I did it that way a couple years ago and slipped off with the pliers and ended up tearing the seal! I looked into it and ended up having to buy a whole new assembly for both sides, lesson learned.
We have the tool to do it. This is just another way to collapse the rear brake caliper piston.
@@HomeOwnerRepair yes I appreciate that as well.
Great job brothers
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Nice video. You should have taken off the 3M brake pad backing so the sticky anti squeal is showing.
Thanks for the tip!
Thanks - great video. What about checking the brake fluid as you tighten the piston? Had mine overflow when I did it on my truck. Thanks
It does not hurt to check the brake fluid reservoir before you collapse the brake caliper piston to see if it is over filled with brake fluid. If it is you may want to remove some of it from the brake fluid reservoir so that it does not overflow when you collapse the brake caliper pistons. Hope this helps you out. Have a great day.
Great video. If you're gonna do this at home, just get the goddamn tool for rolling the caliper piston back. It's cheap and really handy. The channelock/vice grips what have you is just a hassle.
Agree - the video is great! And I rented the piston tool from an auto parts store. They charged me the cost of the tool and issued a full refund upon proper return. Free rental...and I didn't buy any parts there either. I'd say if you have an auto shop and do a lot of these brake jobs, why not spend the $60 and buy the tool? Heckuvalot better than this goofball setup...
Most of our viewers more than likely do not have a tool in their tool box to collapse brake caliper pistons, so we wanted to show a work around for this. Yeah, If you can grab the proper brake caliper tool you can use that too. Hope our auto repair video helped you out.
Good point. @@HomeOwnerRepair
They're about 30 bucks on Amazon
You dont need to remove the "Break Bar" to remove the rear discs as long as they are the solid type.
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You are correct
How to know if they are solid?
Hahahahaha you guys are rough as guts.
where did you find the torque spec for the rear wheel bearing
You should be able to find the torque specs for your year, make and model online.