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Rear brake caliper disassembly FL MK2 - Skoda Octavia Mk II

It's almost easier to cut the heads off the bolts with a Dremel, you'll go through a few blades but you should really be replacing the bolts anyway so it's no loss on bolts and it's easy to do, takes about 10-15mins to cut a head off. Applications: ball joints on Volkswagen LT, Transporter, Touran and rear caliper bolt on Passat and Audi A3. There is nothing wrong with people maintaining their cars, but these cars have modern materials, processes and sometimes need particular tools.Hi Aj77, I had done much research on-line and found that most mechanics report that they always reuse these bolts. If you have access to an air tool, these carrier bolts do come out easilly. I'm pleased that I managed it with limited facilities and I did clean the threads and reused the bolts with a little blue Loctite on the threads and tightened them using a torque wrench. This was a simple but prolonged job which took me a week of daily spraying K2 Vulcan penetrating oil, My biggest worry was if the splines stripped, what do I do then, so I will keep your method in mind for when I do my own Octavia in the summer. size disc calipers are as follows..& I think the 340mm are the same as the same base caliper casting:- An arc will be in the 2000C range, so you only need a couple of seconds to get a bolt red hot. A blowtorch at around 700C will take ages to do the same. All the while heat is escaping to do naughty things elsewhere.

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The reason they are tight is they are stretch bolts. VW group use them on most of their suspension and brake components. What's it like doing the rear discs on a mk3? On the mk2 it was a bloody nightmare as there was hardly any access to get at the caliper bolts.I see that Irwin do some removers for this. Anyone used them with success pls,or know any other way. I used wd40 before trying but it's an absolute **** The welder is a good way of applying heat exactly where you need it. Much better than a wimpy blowtorch. The views expressed herein are those of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of BRISKODA or SKODA. I tried to remove the rear caliper carriers on my vrs. I had a large torque wrench with a slight extension on to reach m14 spline bolt. Trouble is when I used full force it shredded the spline bolt. Designed for use on Chrysler and Land Rover VM engines, Laser Tools new Spline Bit, M14 x 100mm Long 1/2"D (part 4147) can also work on the lower ball joints on VW Transporter/T4 vehicles.

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Most other large bolts are 200Nm+180° And should be replaced, as should the 90Nm+90° bolts for the rear carrier. It is all in the manual ...RTFM They are tightened by first a torque then a further angle to stretch them. (Like 70nm + 90degrees) it is what stops them undoing and they are single use. It says under each of these torque settings in the manual “replace after each removal” BRISKODA is owned and operated by Summit 360 Ltd, registered in England & Wales, company number 05710517. It's a bloody nightmare and I needed a special spline drive m14. You dont have any room to get a long enough bar in. Its probably much easier in a garage up on a proper lift. then the ground wouldn't get in the way and you could use a longer bar.There will be all the usual people that say they have re-used them with no issue etc etc but that is what it says quite clearly in the factory manual. Personally I will occasionally use some of the less critical bolts again, only if I know for certain they were stretched no more than once previously. Bigger ones or anything on my brakes I replace each time. This is correct. One of the places that does not use stretch bolts is the front caliper carrier. These can be re-used if clean and undamaged.