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Anyway, guess im lucky enough i can just pop out the front and remove the calipers off my mk4.. They look the right ones and fit the carriers. Gave them a clean, its nice that they are Ally so you dont have to deal with a rusty lump of iron..
Handbrake mech seems nice and free, so these will be used. Still gotta get that rear beam off (then everything can go to be blasted) but its been raining pretty hard today, so no playing outside.ill ask these questions here 1st, now they may be stupid, but…. MK4 rear calipers.. im scrapping my mk4 very soon, im removing a few parts to sell 1st. its a ’02 pd100, im hoping i can use the calipers from it?
Pads, do i use the Mk4 ones?
And Rallye handbrake cables, they seem to be readily available on the aftermarket. there is LH and RH part numbers, but is there actually a difference? Aftermarket has them both as the same part and etka has them both at 1600mm?
Discs, what actual gain is there from using the 12mm thick ones against the 10mm?i see epytec do a kit for rear camber now https://epytec.de/en/chassis/camber-adjustment-plates/2408/golf-mk2-mk3-camber-adjustment-screw-syncro
Ha! yes a very understanding wife, i tend to stop mucking around out there when her and the kids get home. I am lucky enough to have a job that is ‘job and finish’ and im a quick worker, normally back 1.30-3pm the latest. Gives me a couple hours 😀
I have seen your topic there, im thinking about it but i dont know if ill really need it with all new powerflex bushes and what would be stock ride height?
I have done something for the front adjustment actually, replaced the top bolt on the strut with the thinner bolt VW sell to allow slightly more adjustmentRemoved all the bushes from the trailing arms this afternoon, all came out with brute force but one with surrendered to fire..
some lovely genuine parts and powerflex goodies also turned up 😀
The rear beam bolts are made of a very hard metal, i think its going to take me quite a while to cut through them! blunted 5 blades so far!Attachments:
Thanks, looking forward to tomorrow when some trinkets arrive. New genuine rear springs, country chassis bolts and a compliment of powerflex bushes!
Thanks, it was a necessity to get it uk registered. Yours is sorn’d then I guess? I need to catch up with some of these build threads.
This afternoon I managed to saw halfway through one of the bushes/bolts that hold the rear beam on, before my hacksaw went blunt/my arm burned.You want access to my Bible?…
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thanks mate, starting to look forward to bolting clean stuff back on!
Now just as my mum to try in vain, i just cant stop picking at that scab….
I just can’t leave something rusty, not too sure what to call this part, but its the bit the centre diff mount bolts too. It’s looking a bit rusty, and the bolt heads certainly look knackered. So not one to shirk from a challenge, lets get these bolts out and get this part blasted. its a worthy part to treat as its country specific.
And it must be my lucky day as all 3 bolts undid without to much hassle, and its not rotten underneath! 😀Attachments:
one thing i forgot to mention above, is the amount of dirt the rear chassis plate holds! Amazingly they are in good contition and will be able to be re-used. The rear arms came off ok, only had to cut one bolt out insitu.
A bit of a change in plan with the rear brakes, i managed to get myself some rallye caliper carriers! So that means taking off the drum backplates……. not meant to be a easy job, and i could believe that looking at how mankey they looked…
But i guess i was lucky, heat and a hammer got them all out with no issues! ARB/brake bias assembley was removed,cleaned,freed off and check for correct operation-all ok!
And thats me up to date now, i need to cut the two bolts that hold the rear beam on (the ones that have the bush) then a whole load of stuff can go to get blasted, for me to paint.
I’ve got some relatively cheaper prop cv boots to have a go with, they do fit but the spreader plates for the bolts foul the metal of the boot. so i’ll need to grind the plates a little bit. No big deal though.Attachments:
rear diff protection off, back section of prop off and then vc. i didnt realise the vc held back the diff oil, so i lost a little bit 😀
i now noticed that i had a 22mm vc and a 25mm rear rubber disc, not good! i have another vc making its way to me, hopefully itll be a 25mm one otherwise ill have to decide what to do. The rubber disc was split, so i needed a new one of those, step in Chris who sent me a Rallye one 😀
new rear shocks and springs have been ordered, good job too, going by the state of them!
in the next day or so they will be delivered along with powerflex bushes for the complete rear end.Attachments:
quite possibly only me reading this, but onto the rear!
things immediately noticed is the front bearing for the prop is shot, it took me a few hours before realising that my mountings have been adapted to take bmw e30 bearing. Good in a sense as they are cheap and available, bad because i like things to be right..
Cv boots will be replaced and leak from front of rear diff fixed. both cv joint boots on the prop are torn too so will have to be swapped
