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Old 23-05-2014, 04:52 PM
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Hi all,

Going to attempt my first disc and pad change at the weekend, any pit falls I need to know about? seems fairly straight forward I have viewed a couple of youtube clips!!! Here goes

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Old 23-05-2014, 06:27 PM
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Good luck never done it myself but you tube does do good instruction vids
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Old 23-05-2014, 06:43 PM
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they are easy to do....good luck with the caliper bolts but your car is fairly new so should be ok
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Old 24-05-2014, 07:57 AM
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Rears are more fiddly as you sometimes need to wind the handbrake shoe mechanism in before the old disc comes off.
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Old 24-05-2014, 08:31 PM
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Pump the brake pedal once all done before driving off
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Old 25-05-2014, 08:44 PM
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Make sure you spray brake cleaner on the discs before they go on.
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Old 25-05-2014, 08:53 PM
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Fronts all done, attack the rears tomorrow

I have 2 performance friction discs and pads with 3/4 wear left and the rears to come off tomorrow if anyone is interested in buying - fronts 326mm and rear 316mm
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