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rich83 - Edition 30..... Breaking
pudding:
Get the grinder out :happy2: I shaved about 8mm off my BJs at certain points in the steering arc. Gave me the fear every time I gave the car death in the corners, but they never let go :grin:
If not, back to standard or Passat BJs (taller pins for better roll center) for you, and just get your camber some other way.
rich83:
Well that's one side done, took me 5 hours.
Spaceer was on solid so had to use some percussive maintainance on it. Had to drill the disc retaining screw out. Caliper bolts were very very hard to get out and the heads are a bit f*cked so new ones on order one of the disc bolts was seized.
Ball joint was actually quite easy, just had to use a jack to push the tapers together so I could tighten the top bolt.
Otherside to tackle tomorrow. I bet it's all seized up
Disc is kind of on the wrong side, but the internal vanes are straight so it doesn't matter. I will probably swap them over once I have done the other side.
Old pads were totally f*cked. Down to the backing plate on the inside pad. Disc was on 28.5mm so way past the 30.5mm minimum thickness.
pudding:
They've seen some action :surprised:
You won't notice the groove direction under normal road use but if you're OCD, swap em over. VAG don't 'hand' their Clubsport S discs. Same part for both sides, so is 'technically' wrong on one side :grin:
LC5F:
Definitely got your moneys worth out of those pads!
rich83:
--- Quote from: LC5F on September 16, 2021, 09:13:52 pm ---Definitely got your moneys worth out of those pads!
--- End quote ---
Haha. That's true. Although they were nearly 400quid so who can blame me, right?
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