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LC5F's Graphite Blue GTI - Pilgrimage to Caffeine & Machine
LC5F:
Decided to take advantage of the jubilee weekend to do the remaining items on the Golf: Handbrake cable and Passat alloy hubs with new wheel bearings.
Wanted to get an alignment booked before diving into the hubs, left it too late and here we are with no booking and the place I use is now shut...never mind, dive into the handbrake cables.
I knew the removing the centre console was going to be a PITA, but I had not budgeted for having to remove the drivers seat! Months ago, I purchased 2 supposedly the same Pagid cables, unsure why the outer sleeve on one is a lot bigger.:
Got the rear axle up in the air, wheels off, undid the cables at the calipers, then moved onto the removing the cables from the guide tubes and managed to shear both tubes - Nice!:
One looks like it had been replaced - zero grease or lubricant in the tube
I have just tucked the cables into the stumps of the tube and will have to roll without a handbrake till I source replacement tubes.
Plus I was peering at the brake hardlines at the rear axle and they are looking a lot more corroded under their outer covers, so it looks like I will be dropping the tank again to fit cunifer pipes.
LC5F:
Moved onto the Alloy passat hubs, I surprised myself by not damaging the rubber boots on track rod ends and control arm.
One of the control arm ball joints let go with such force it knocked over one of the wife potted plants... oh well!
Went to put the Mk7 R caliper/carrier on and offered up the bolt and found I had forgot to to order the 55mm bolts required for alloy hubs - £6 pound a pop for genuine 10.9 ones on ebay, found alternative ones with higher tensile at 12.9, but only £1.50 each...the rub is its a pack of 10 and £4 postage - still cheaper than the other ones and I get spares too.
JoshB:
When you said you looked on eBay for bolts, was it that VagBolts seller or whatever the name is?
I nearly bought some from him a few years back and thought they seemed a tad expensive, wanted new caliper bolts all round, so rung my local dealer and they were a lot cheaper!
terrier:
These 353911791312 :happy2:
SANDEGTI:
Absolutely incredible work, makes me want to go hands on with our GTI after being afraid of messing with it with little experience. Thoroughly enjoyed the read so far.
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