Right! Can't get this bolt undone! The shaft/bolt its on keeps spinning round!! What can I do?? secondly! These brake pipes! They have to go into the 280mm calipers (red ones) How do I undo the red ones, by that, i mean, whats the best menthod of un-doing what nut? Thanks!! P.S. f**k doing this again!
for the brake lines, i'd just buy braided hoses - do the whole job at once and do it right. the bolt- doesn't it just loosen a little then pull out? or try holding the other side with mole grips.
Pull sideways on the ball joint whilst you undo the nut, if you cant get mole grips on. Nice FK's btw.
lol Cheers guys! All done now! Just one prob now which is stopping everything! On one of the brake lines, the nut just wont undo! 3 of us have tried undoing it and it wont budge! We've ended up just rounding it off! Can someone tell me exactly the part name so I can go and buy a new one tomorrow! I know its a brake line... but is it called something more? Actually, to save me doing another pic.... it's this The lil nut on the metal line.. Thanks, sorry if thats all a bit mis-matched... need to chill! Gonna get the braided hoses tomoz along with the metal bit which i hope someone tells me the name off Thanks! Fk's all the way!
hear you go! Just called my mate, he's got braided hoses for me! And just gotta work out the name... Brake unions... cool
metal pipe is just brake pipe, probably 5/16". some garages should be able to make you up some lines if you take those with you. i bought rolls o pipe and cutting/flaring tools n stuff but it wouldn't be worth your while doing that for that little bit. you will need new pipes as you can't remove the unions from the pipe- the union is put on then the pipe is flared. they're not expensive. couple o quid for pipes. garage will put unions on them for you.
Posted for Andy947 You dont need the metal pipes, you just fit the hoses into the callipers directly - did it on mine, its the best way.
The impression I get is that u can't get these parts from VW???? Wud rather do that than go about searching for someone to make it On the other hand, if the pipes go straight into the caliper, i'll do that! I'm buying mk3 GTi braided hoses. They shud go into the G60 calipers??? My options for hoses are GTi or VR6! Guessing either ones will work..
Posted for Andy947 You can get these parts from VW, but they will just make them up as its a standard small brake line. It serves no real purpose, it isnt required. The GTI 6 line kit will fit straight into the calipers no porblem. Jus forget the pipe was ever there EDIT- oh, one final thing, make sure to get the GTi ones as they will be the right ones for the 16v/G60/280 vr6 callipers, the VR6 may be different if they are for the 288mm callipers Edited by: mat-mk3
Posted for Andy947 You're lucky mat would post for me, cos seeing as my account is suspended, STILL, i couldnt get your e-mail or msn address to help ya out.
ah!! Well thanks for the effort mate! and everyone else! Now gotta start sorting the rear beam and rear disk conversion! God help me!
Hope so! Unbolt current rear beam bolt new one on link up new hand brake adjust compensate valve (not sure how to?) fit braided hoses from copper piping to caliper fit mk2 16v rear disks to retain 4 stud bolt pattern new rear bearings erm... that it? obviously more complex than that.. but thats the basics?
Cool. thats what I thnk i'll do! Have to get a dry day for that! How do you adjust the compensate valve? Is it like a pressure valve? If so, how do you know where the best setting is? dont really want to find out the hard way of locking up on a corner!
it's just a little slider. loosen the nut, slide it up or down, tighten again. can't remember which way is which, but it's a 2 second job....
