VW Bora Front DISCS Rotors and Brake PADS
Ive spent a lot of time on my car as described here.
and recently the brakes have been calling out for attention.
Ive had a warning light and warning chime blinking and sounding off every time I turn the car on or whenever I take my foot of the brakes as I'm driving. MAN, is the warning annoying.
So, Its time to replaced the brake pads.
Its actually not very hard at all to replace the pads and once your replacing the pads you'll realise its even easier to replace the rotors, actually, its only one small screw that holds the rotor in place. Amazing really.
Instead of buying rotors and pads from Volkswagen spare parts centre I purchased my pads online from www.autohausaz.com in Arizona USA and my rotors came from Weldon brake and clutch in Sydney.
at the time that i bought these i paid
and recently the brakes have been calling out for attention.
Ive had a warning light and warning chime blinking and sounding off every time I turn the car on or whenever I take my foot of the brakes as I'm driving. MAN, is the warning annoying.
So, Its time to replaced the brake pads.
Its actually not very hard at all to replace the pads and once your replacing the pads you'll realise its even easier to replace the rotors, actually, its only one small screw that holds the rotor in place. Amazing really.
Instead of buying rotors and pads from Volkswagen spare parts centre I purchased my pads online from www.autohausaz.com in Arizona USA and my rotors came from Weldon brake and clutch in Sydney.
at the time that i bought these i paid
- Front set of pads. One set required per car. $40.50 USD
- Rear set of pads. One set required per car. $28.45 USD
- Front Set of Rotors. Two sets per car. $95 x 2 $190 AUD
- Rear Set of Rotors. Two sets per car. $55 x 2 $110 AUD
if your looking for a step by step guide to replacing the pads you can go to vwvortex and look for the DIY thread here.
Its all very easy and you might have all the tools necessary already in a your general tool box,
although the rear brake caliper piston cold be hard to retract without the right tools.
Some ingenuity and it can be done but be careful you don't want to brake off the fluid line.
The brake caliper piston gets ratcheted on one click at a time every time you pull on the hand brake, its fail safe mechanism to make sure the hand brake is consistently taught and firm.
Without the correct tool to push the piston back in, id recommend getting a friend to help you turn and push at the same time.
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