Manky Monkey Motors

did you manage to get and fit the repair kit for the  calipers. wondered what price and how easy or hard they were to do.

Afternoon dobber, I didnt get a repair kit mate decided I would see if they were okay first as the prices I did find were around £40 a kit. Can get calipers for not a lot more on eBay hence deciding to try them first.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Golf-II-Brake-Caliper-repair-seal-Kit-rear-3608-/270805964513?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f0d4b16e1

These look like they are a good price,That's to do both calipers.

bout 50 a side ish.. nab. not many carriers about tho.
 anyone used the repair kit hunter pointed out. 12quid a side seems fair.
never done a repair kit. anything to watch out for...

I Have never done the seals on the golf,
But they can't be difficult,I'v done seals in all sorts and never had any problems.

Cant look at ebay at work but will have a look tonight, £12 is worth doing definately. Must admit when I was looking round they were in very short supply, which is why I asked on here where you get them from. There are different models though from what I remember, mine are the smaller pistons I think.

I haven't done the golf piston seals but have done piston seals before and they were easy enough, just make sure everything is clean as with all thinks brake fluid related ;)

just mailed them to see what different ones there are and what can be measured or checked to make sure i get right ones... keep you posted..

Cant remember what it was now but mine have a stamp on them if I recall properly. Then again I may have verniered the piston but I am fairly sure there was a number.

apparently there are two sizes of piston. 36 or 38 mm. both types available from the same company.

So measure the pistons and your on a winner ;)

Heard anything back from them yet dobber? Will get sizes off mine again today and get some bought if they do them.

 hi nabsim. company said its 36 or 38 mm on the vw caliper. just been measuring the caliper piston. i would have said it was 36 mm but turned it round and a big 38 is cast on it. the kit for the 38mm piston can be found by typing in 3816 in the search box on ebay,  down for the colarado vw.. gonna phone them in the morning, double check and order by phone.

ordered and delivered very quickly. put all the numbers off the calipers in the message box so hoping there the correct ones.

Sounds good.

there seems  to be a lot of bits n o rings for 2 calipers... off for braided hoses from dan, bigdogs contact in barnsley tomorrow.. got a parts cleaner off e bay coming tomorrow so can clean calipers and crack on...

Word of warning,make sure the calipers are perfectly dry of the cleaning fluid,
or the new seals will turn to gum,the cleaning fluid effects them.

dobber are the pistons in yours the same diameter for the full length of them. I am almost certain mine were 36mm when I went into it before but cant find what I had written down. I have verniered the end of the piston and they are 36mm so if they are parallell thats what they are. Its possible they step down on the ends though.

Take the pistons out I hear you say and I know thats what I should do but I was going to try them first and see if they are sound :)

hi nabsim,
measured mine and would have sworn they were 36mm but found a 38 embossed on the caliper case so went with that. the top of the piston has a grove round where the dust seal sits in and a lot of folk put grips or stilsons on to screw the piston out which easily wears a few mm off. its quite easy to clamp caliper in a vice and use a tool for changing a cutting wheel in a four inch grinder to screw the piston out, the indentations in the piston top are the same as the prongs on the grinder tool. just screw it out and check it.
inside mine was full of what felt like grit, was the old fluid that had congealed. be carefull if you strip them right down completely as far more parts in than you would think.
 i googled it and found a good picture guide but don't know how to do a link.. if your not far from me your welcome to come over and will help do them in work shop.  

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the  proper caliper wind back tool can be bought for as little as a tenner
a good full universal kit for about  £35

http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=227041
be a first if the link works

im just turning into a geek,   a good looking one mind...

Less of the lies dobber  ;D

ok, point taken,   perhaps not a geek then.
 by the way dan, used the hose folk you mentioned, very helpfull but a tad expensive. or at least i think so.. never got a quote off anywhere to compare. did good tho.

Mr Dobb, you are indeed a computer god!

I did look around and to be honest they were about on parr with most some were a bit cheeper but they were all order over the phone or internet and i was not sure what i wanted and as you say they were helpful and local

Jeez, there are a lot more bits in them than ones I have done before. Handy link that dobber ta.

Stainless braided is expensive now, ends are stupid prices. You can same a bit if you have them made to what you want with swagged (is that the word?) ends on rather than re-usable. Changed front brake line and clutch line on VW last year and it came to around £67. Was a shock seeing as last ones I bought must have been in the 90's :)

am happy now i got them done dan, only 20 mins roughly from my gaff.. thanks for the info.

proper giggle doing them eh nabsim. did second one in a quater of the time.   seems to have sorted mine. did you use the bigg red kit.