- Jack & secure car, remove rear wheel
- Undo the 13mm bolts that secure the caliper to the carrier
- Remove clip that fixes handbrake cable below the caliper
- Loosen the 13mm banjo bolt that attaches the brake hose but don't remove yet
- Remove caliper from carrier and push handbrake cable out of the caliper slot
- Prepare new caliper and add some fresh brake fluid to the brake hose hole
- Undo 13mm banjo bolt to release brake hose and remove old caliper trying to avoid fluid loss
- Fit brake hose to new caliper and attach 13mm banjo bolt
- Reattach handbrake cable & fit clip
- Reattach caliper to the carrier and tighten 13mm bolts. You may need 16mm spanner to tighten
- Bleed system
VW Golf MK4 Rear Caliper Brake Bleeding Problems |
On my car the rear caliper was isolated with a clamp and the system tested again, the brake pedal was fine which indicated that the problem was at the rear caliper so needed further bleeding. At this point I was running out of time and daylight so ended up booking the car into the local garage to bleed the brakes again - they did the same as me but couldn't get the pedal any better which reassured me I was doing the right thing!
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