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Right, so where were we? That's right, carriers that didn't fit.
Que Gavin and his care package of carriers that did fit.
On the left are the bora v5 carriers, on the right are the s3 carriers. Small differences but they matter.
Then I had some dramas with the calipers, the pistons wouldn't wind back for some reason or another.
Given that the car was off the road and I didn't want waste more time, Que Gavin again with another set of calipers.
Voila it all fits up.
Old:
New:
If you ignore the dramas that I had it's a relatively straightforward job.
Points of note:
I cut the dust guard with my dremel, you don't really need to remove much get a reasonable amount of clearance.
The handbrake was interesting.
I backed off the adjustment in the cabin to remove and refit the cables.
There is a clip that secures the cable sheath to a bracket on the caliper which is hard to get on compared to the stock setup due to the caliper being a little bit further out now but is do-able. Being tight won't be an issue regarding suspension travel given how it's secured to the rear torsion bar.
I borrowed a power bleeder from TDIfan to do the bleed which made that aspect a complete breeze.
In the photos are my track rims which are ET43. Caliper clearance is tight but seems ok.
Not sure what is up with the first set of calipers. I've had a look inside them and they look ok. I'll strip and may rebuild/refirb, worry about it later.
Que Gavin and his care package of carriers that did fit.
On the left are the bora v5 carriers, on the right are the s3 carriers. Small differences but they matter.
Then I had some dramas with the calipers, the pistons wouldn't wind back for some reason or another.
Given that the car was off the road and I didn't want waste more time, Que Gavin again with another set of calipers.
Voila it all fits up.
Old:
New:
If you ignore the dramas that I had it's a relatively straightforward job.
Points of note:
I cut the dust guard with my dremel, you don't really need to remove much get a reasonable amount of clearance.
The handbrake was interesting.
I backed off the adjustment in the cabin to remove and refit the cables.
There is a clip that secures the cable sheath to a bracket on the caliper which is hard to get on compared to the stock setup due to the caliper being a little bit further out now but is do-able. Being tight won't be an issue regarding suspension travel given how it's secured to the rear torsion bar.
I borrowed a power bleeder from TDIfan to do the bleed which made that aspect a complete breeze.
In the photos are my track rims which are ET43. Caliper clearance is tight but seems ok.
Not sure what is up with the first set of calipers. I've had a look inside them and they look ok. I'll strip and may rebuild/refirb, worry about it later.
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