How to Replace Jetta MK6 Rear Brake Pads and Rotors

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How to Replace Jetta MK6 Rear Brake Pads and Rotors

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todays video i needed to replace the rear brakes and rotor on my 2011 Jetta tdi. When I had it in the shop for the emission repair they said i'll need new brakes in the future. So the follow spring I got the parts and decided to tackle this job. I'm telling your right now if you live in the snow zone you'll most likely have every fastener seized like i experienced. Besides for the struggle replacing the brakes is a easy diy for the VW Jetta

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@Badgertronix 5 жыл бұрын

VW/Audi rear brakes haven't changed much over the years. Never seen one that hard to break free. Great job

@CoachMatt49 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit yeah. It was my 1st time doing it Just did my 2015 Vw golf. Rear pads and rotors. Some stressful moments on passenger side rear. had to drill my set screw off it was so rusted and some pretty heavy bangs with a hammer. Pads were down to bear metal. Took me a day to do. Had to go to hardware store to buy a longer ratchet for leverage to get caliber bracket off . Holy shit. Bigger job than I expected. Note to self don’t wait that long to replace these parts. Damn Canadian winters

@greenonemedic 4 жыл бұрын

I changed mine last weekend and did not have to remove the bracket. I enjoyed watching the struggle

@AlienCatcher23 4 жыл бұрын

How did you change the rotors without removing the bracket... Not possible...

@puertoroc123456 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you don't have to remove bracket. Look at other videos its a lot easier..

@Superduty_59 2 жыл бұрын

@@puertoroc123456 There are 2 different rear rotor sizes. The 252mm you do not have to remove the caliper brackets. The 273mm like mine you do or just remove the top bolt and loosen the bottom and rotate the bracket down and the the rotor comes right off. Also those 2 caliper bracket bolts were stuck on mine. I couldn't get a big enough breaker bar on them. I used a shorter breaker bar ratchet and put a bottle jack under the end of the breaker bar to break the bolts loose. Real fun times!!

@subbernh5192 3 жыл бұрын

Good that you mentioned the short xzn sockets; a definite must have for that lower bolt

@stevedrawdy2532 4 жыл бұрын

you can swap out rotors without taking the caliper brackets off. just drop the caliper, remove the torx screws and the rotor will "rock" out rear side first from behind the caliper bracket.

@subbernh5192 3 жыл бұрын

You must have the 257mm rotors; won't happen with the 272s

@CoachMatt49 2 жыл бұрын

Only with certain years can you remove Vw rotor without caliber. 2013 and older

@vegasleo4841 Жыл бұрын

The 2019 Jetta will not from the center keeping it in

@josephdennis5270 Жыл бұрын

Couldn't get it off without removing the caliper bracket on my 2012 Jetta SEL.

@vegasleo4841 Жыл бұрын

That’s usually just the back rotors but my front 2019 Jetta I can not

@jagoss45 5 жыл бұрын

Actually my wheels on my GMC needed some beating to get off when I did a tire rotation. I used PB blaster and wire brushed off the rotor surface as well as the inside of the aluminum wheel and coated it with WD 40. Hopefully that will make it better when time comes for brakes

@Uticagreens 5 жыл бұрын

On some of our snowplow trucks, we’ve had to use a pneumatic jackhammer (we use to break up concrete) to get some of the wheels off of the brake rotors and drums.

@pmventura41 4 ай бұрын

I tried for the 1st time on my granddaughter 2014 vw. Had a hard time, didn’t have right tools and pinched my hand trying to close caliper. Put it back together and told them to take to the shop. It would of been a long day.

@davidlevely292 7 ай бұрын

Just did the same job on a 2010 jetta wolfsberg edition. Those break pad carrier 14 triple square bolt are nasty to get loose lots of heat and patience gets the job done.

@txsviking 5 жыл бұрын

No salt around here so brakes are a piece of cake.

@colin5064 6 ай бұрын

Don't you just love all that Canadian road salt,the garage mechanics gold dust :)

@Alba69696969 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, the M14 is for take off the caliper? I bought a 2012 jetta 3 months ago and need replace front/rear disc and pads

@justinshaw7550 2 жыл бұрын

Yes heck of a time pulling off back passenger side wheel off.I was able to collapse the calliper with C clamp and vice grips. The T- 20 ?30? Screw was missing. It’s an on going experience lol

@iamphilosophy3607 5 жыл бұрын

awh yes the love hate relationship with my lady Jenna the jedda

@groschat123 4 жыл бұрын

I own a 2012 jetta and you don't need to remove the brake caliper carrier (with the M14 triple square) to change the disc/pads (I just did mine without trouble).

@itswiz4785 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, I just changed my daughters brakes and rotors and was happy that I didn't have to caliper carrier off. Everything was still a nightmare though.

@tampaminimachines7892 3 жыл бұрын

So you don’t need the triple square?? I am doing my rear rotor and pads and was told I need the triple square in order to get them off

@groschat123 3 жыл бұрын

@@tampaminimachines7892 Exactly ! after removing the caliper, the rotor should come right off !

@tampaminimachines7892 3 жыл бұрын

I tried to do my rotors last night after work and I have. 2012 Jetta TDI and the rotors will not come off with out pulling off the caliper carrier had to go get the triple square but before that had to put all that shit back together, with that being said on mine there is no possible way to get it off with out taking the caliper carrier off so tonight I will be doing it by removing the caliper carrier off 😔😔

@groschat123 3 жыл бұрын

@@tampaminimachines7892 I know there’s different sizes of rotors for the jetta mk6 depending on the model maybe that’s why it worked out for me 🤷🏻‍♂️

@rasmushjs5318 5 жыл бұрын

You make it look easy.

@ham4g370 2 жыл бұрын

No he didnt

@manwiththestar2305 5 жыл бұрын

I've experienced the same!

@aubrey6942 5 жыл бұрын

That looked fairly easy

@TestDontguess 5 жыл бұрын

Would have been really easy if parts weren’t seized

@fastturbo7150 4 жыл бұрын

just a tip if u ever gotta do those kinda rear brakes again that brake caliper bracket bolt the one u heatd up. the bolt behind it comes off use a xtension n impact n 👍🏽 u get to that bottom bracket bolt with ur impact aswell

@subbernh5192 3 жыл бұрын

@@fastturbo7150 first time that I did this repair, I also removed that bolt; then learned that the cam in there is used for aligning the rearend.

@fastturbo7150 3 жыл бұрын

@@subbernh5192 hey thanks for the tip if i ever do brakes on a jetta like this ill remember to mark the chasis n bolt with a marker to get it back to the same spot

@GodB4Games Жыл бұрын

Dude I'm going through this struggle. I can't stand those M14 screws. I cannot get them off. Gonna pick up an angle rachet.

@Uticagreens 5 жыл бұрын

Rust issues when servicing our snowplow trucks always royally breaks our balls. I’m also a bit disappointed that you failed to cuss at the corroded brake components or have a MF beer time portion in this video. WTF?

@AzeveidoMateus 9 ай бұрын

My actual rotor was seized on so badly that I needed to use a puller kit to remove it.

@jeremy8715 5 жыл бұрын

Why is there a need for a torq bolt for the rotor? My Jeep TJ does not have that.

@subbernh5192 3 жыл бұрын

Well on these foreign cars (vw anyway), they have lug bolts so the small torx bolt helps to hold the rotor in the correct position while fitting the brakes back on-a bit easier then turninhg in a lug just to remove it again to put the wheel on

@ryanvtec3885 3 жыл бұрын

do these have the 272mm rear rotors

@tampaminimachines7892 3 жыл бұрын

Yes they have 272x10mm

@Veikra 4 жыл бұрын

That isnt stuck in my book. But even those hammer taps damage those bearing. I use a disk puller. Ive had my friend 2012 tdi send a disk 3 meters away when it came off. Shook the whole car. And since I used a proper puller, not a slight once of that force was applied to the bearing. Impacts are bad for bearings. They dont fail immediatly, it just reduces their life .

@jeremy8715 5 жыл бұрын

Anti-seize....

@jospi2 5 жыл бұрын

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@hotshot8207 5 жыл бұрын

Also a breaker bar, clean hub surface with wire brush to prevent seizing issues, etc etc...

@colincampbell9038 2 жыл бұрын

The 14 triple was to big , 2011 Jetta TDI

@1dlb 3 жыл бұрын

the M14 caliper carrier (triple square) bolts are a once-use bolts - they are stretch bolts. You're supposed to replace them every time

@TestDontguess 3 жыл бұрын

You can replace them if you wish

@YamFZR93 5 жыл бұрын

Triple Square ? First I have heard of this animal. Never had a German car though. Are those special order? Looks like a Torx bit.

@TestDontguess 5 жыл бұрын

Like a torx but with more splines

@flinch622 4 жыл бұрын

Triple square has double the points, and they are cut completely differently. You could try to use a torx inside a triple square, but... that's probably going to destroy something and make for a very long day. Apparently, the germans invented this for designs & locations they knew were going to get stuck more often than not? They learned to love their own custom tooling in ww2, as it meant their tanks couldn't get stripped to repair enemy equipment.

@jeremy8715 5 жыл бұрын

A C vice grip with the added foot on it work does the same thing (5:25).

@TheShakir98 Жыл бұрын

goddamn, all that just to change pads?

@d46512 5 жыл бұрын

Gasp. How embarrassing it must be to be stuck with a dieselgate nightmare. /s Laughin all the way to the bank.

@TestDontguess 5 жыл бұрын

it’s been the best vehicle I’ve ever owned not sure why you would say embarrassing

@Veikra 4 жыл бұрын

The cp4 injection pump aint too great. I made a video about it vs a cp3 correctly engineered pump. We have lower than ever lubricity in diesel than ever and they switched from hardened steel to aluminium internal, removed pressure lube bearings and use a cam vs an excentric shaft causing a lot more friction. Even duramax and fords got a cp4 then cp4.2 and it was a disaster. People retofit cp3 for better durability.

@itswiz4785 4 жыл бұрын

I just changed the brakes on my daughters car, this is exactly what I experienced.

@TestDontguess 4 жыл бұрын

I like to keep it real so people can see what may happen

@itswiz4785 4 жыл бұрын

BSK Garage only problem, the pedal goes all the way to ground to stop. When I screwed one of the calibers back in, fluid came out. So that’s why the pedal is going down to the floor. I definitely pump the brakes after installation of the brakes I don’t know.

@jagoss45 5 жыл бұрын

Just like a Ford

@ryanvtec3885 3 жыл бұрын

Note to self will never be a German car mechanic. Japanese all datum day!!

@classicxl 3 жыл бұрын

note to my self i will never ever buy a another volkswagen or german car ever again . my 14 jetta has been nothing but a money pit and pia to work on

@puertoroc123456 3 жыл бұрын

It's not complicated he made it worse then it is..didn't have to remove bracket and struggle like he did with that bolt.this video is not the way you should do it. His steps are off.

@givergummer 5 жыл бұрын

Three ways to build a vehicle 1) The right way 2) The wrong way 3) The VW way Mechanic for 15 years. I can't stand working on VW. If you worked on them daily, and had all the special tools and sockets required, probably get used to it. There is a reason why TONS of service stations refuse to work on VW's

@TestDontguess 5 жыл бұрын

the special tools is indeed annoying

@avenger25 5 жыл бұрын

Guys don't forget to mention the uber German metallurgy superiority of torque to yield bolts! Im suprised that none of the fanatics in the comments section stoned you yet for your sins of reusing the bolts and not torqued to spec + 90' turn... Ps I reuse them over and over and had no issue!

@subbernh5192 3 жыл бұрын

@@avenger25 possible I suppose but for critical places axle bearings and bolts, I would definately replace-that rear ax bolt takes around 150ftlbs+180deg.