#1: GTi 180 Rear Brake Discs Author: cr21, Location: AberdeenPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 6:27 am ---- Recently found out that my rear brake discs will need replacing as they are worn. Ive had a look around the forum but cant find anything on wether it is an easy enough task for someone to carry out. I also can't find a guide of how to do this in the how to section. I remeber reading somewhere that the rear discs are alot more difficult to replace and that it will need to be taken to a garage as speacial tools are required??
Is this correct??
#2: Re: GTi 180 Rear Brake Discs Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 6:28 am ----
cr21 wrote:
Recently found out that my rear brake discs will need replacing as they are worn. Ive had a look around the forum but cant find anything on wether it is an easy enough task for someone to carry out. I also can't find a guide of how to do this in the how to section. I remeber reading somewhere that the rear discs are alot more difficult to replace and that it will need to be taken to a garage as speacial tools are required??
Is this correct??
No it's pretty easy. I wrote a brief guide on them in the How To section. Title is for Front calipers.
#3: Re: GTi 180 Rear Brake Discs Author: Big_Rich180, Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 6:28 am ----
cr21 wrote:
Recently found out that my rear brake discs will need replacing as they are worn. Ive had a look around the forum but cant find anything on wether it is an easy enough task for someone to carry out. I also can't find a guide of how to do this in the how to section. I remeber reading somewhere that the rear discs are alot more difficult to replace and that it will need to be taken to a garage as speacial tools are required??
#4: Re: GTi 180 Rear Brake Discs Author: EuroPeugeot, Location: SW EnglandPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 7:12 am ---- Honestly it's realllllly easy. You need to wind the piston back into the caliper. That might be where heard a special tool is required. But a thick long screw driver can be used to wind it back in. Just make sure you did in nice and slow to avoid damaging the master cylinder
#5: Re: GTi 180 Rear Brake Discs Author: spud_gti, Location: NottinghamPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 7:54 am ---- what direction do they need winding in? clockwise or anti clockwise??
if there still fitted to the car like....?
got mine to do grr
#6: Re: GTi 180 Rear Brake Discs Author: kieron, Location: in the housePosted: Thu May 26, 2011 8:22 am ---- You will need one of them using a screw driver will take ages. OR you can make a tool out of a old break pad and nut and bolt on both sides and big socket so its push and twist
#7: Re: GTi 180 Rear Brake Discs Author: cr21, Location: AberdeenPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:17 pm ---- Cheers guys for the quick replies!! Il be giving this a bash sometime soon!!
#8: Re: GTi 180 Rear Brake Discs Author: spud_gti, Location: NottinghamPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:17 am ---- its clockwise by the way when winding the piston back in, took my front and rear discs and pads off last night, as long as you have good access and the right tools, plus nothing siezed on then you can have them off, fitted and back on the ground in an hour...
remember to de-grease the discs with brake cleaner when fitting
good luck
#9: Re: GTi 180 Rear Brake Discs Author: gazza82, Location: South BucksPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 2:12 am ---- Depends a lot on the design of the caliper as well.
Not sure about the 180, but the 2.0 cc rears have a mounting bar that runs exactly where the wind-in tool should go ..
Luckily they were easy to turn and push at the same time without needing to use the plate on the tool.
Clamping off the flexi hose and opening the bleed nipple slightly makes a big difference .. drain the fluid into a jar via the bleed hose!
Oh and buy the Laser tool from anywhere other that Halfrauds ... £32 there when I last looked!!
#10: Re: GTi 180 Rear Brake Discs Author: EuroPeugeot, Location: SW EnglandPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:41 am ---- When I did my rear brakes with a long thick screw driver, it didnt take anytime at all
And the rear brakes on 206's are all the same. I think there's 2 different brands of calipers at the rear, but still. All the same bolts and disc size etc etc..
#11: Re: GTi 180 Rear Brake Discs Author: Robrat41, Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:31 am ---- I know then info on here is 5 years old but it still helped me today.
I could not get the pads over the disc until I came on here and found out how to wind the piston back in.
Armed with that knowledge 15 minutes later the car was of the axle stands and back on the road.
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