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Second time using this very video to fix a caliper. Not only how to do it, but explaining the common failure points as well. And the little tips and tricks to boot! Absolutely bloody brilliant!

Massive help!! Ended up replacing my calipers but still used tips in the video. Better than most of youtube's VAG rear brake vids if you only watch the first 5 minutes lol.. sub'ed.

Great video dave thankyou for taking the time to post it. Sorted my daughters mk4 golf calipers out ready for m.o.t. All the best Matt. 😊👍

It's a pleasure to watch you work as you said in the real world thank you it helped me a lot I thought they pushed back obviously it screws back

done a few in my time Dave. Great to see you looking after the customer in this throw away society

Great invention! Back when I was an apprentice we had a box full of thin stainless rings with a shallow grove machined into them for the boot. But we had access to an array of different sized tube and a couple lathes. Now I no longer have access to all that im gonna go with your idea. 👍

Thankyou for your effort for sharing the knowledge Dave, I find yours and Matt videos the best to learn from 👍 Thanks again

Great practical video. I used to do this in the 70s but have never had a bad calliper since.

It is one of the best explained videos I have ever seen . thank you.

Note from an amateur. I heat the bleed nipple with hot air gun then spray freeze spray onto the nipple. Use deep 6 sided socket to undo. Works for me. Maybe some PTFE tape around threads and save grief later.

That piston dust boot method: MIND, BLOWN.

Nice demonstration on what can be done to a caliper without the need to replace them. Also l like the melting the pipe and the tool that you made

Thanks so much for this video. Saved me money and a world of hurt. The tip about burning off the plastic was a godsend. Thanks for your trouble in posting this video

Thanks Dave, it's best video I've seen so far.

Hi, thanks this really helped un-seize one of my calipers, I made my special tool out of 38mm white plastic domestic waste pipe, worked a treat.

Brilliant, good few wee tips there , especially the melting of the plastic on the brake pipes , cheers Dave 👍

Best video I’ve seen on this job

Fantastic video, great information and I love the jig 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

make sure to change your brake fluid every two years to prevent seizing. I've seen it happen on 3 different VWs which were neglected that way.

Awesome vid, I'm a new super subscriber from Jamaica. I'm learning alot here I have a VW CC so thanks for sharing.

Mines really tight to wind in, so I know mine needs this treatment! Thanks for a great vid exposing what to do..

Thanks! Very informative. Did not know about the reason for sticking piston. Very smart solution to help replacing the rubber gasket :-)

Great video Dave , love the special tool , these can be a pain to wind back in normally , I usually whip the rear disc off , remount the caliper without the pads and full access with wind back tool , easy peasey, might make a couple of the boot sliders, saw something once online about the lovely spring clip on driveshafts that's a pain in the bum to keep in place while putting the cv joint back on , made snap rings out of key rings circles ,when desperate, but this guy on the video used a jubilee clip around the snap ring to keep tight while tapping joint back on , then undo jubilee clip and repack with grease !

Absolutely FANTASTIC Video! Genius Tool!!

Very helpful Worth noting that most sellers of calipers advertise them as NEW when if fact they are refurbished. I always bought refurbished .Now i buy the repair kit Thank you

" ats us nie" Could have done with that little tool when i did my fronts, brilliant idea, thanks Dave.

Very good workshop

Excellent video, thank you sir!

Brilliant video I have this exact issue thanks for the info 😊

Thanks guy!! This is also a caliper rebuild video

great idea with the sleeve always struggle with a blunt pick. first job in the morning make a couple of sleeves thank you

Very Good Video,and Super info...CHEERS....

Hi Dave. I love the simplicity of the rolled metal. Would this be required on The Laguna Callipers too? Thanks for the videos. Great help to us all. Gareth, Magheralin.

Corrosion on the AL casting lifts the seal and binds the piston...Interesting. Clever wee tool. Cheers Pal

Good stuff Dave, patent pending on the seal installer version 1.0 😃

Great tip on the pvc covering

merci d'avance pour t'es conseils ça m'a

awesome vid thanks a lot keep up good work

You can reassemble the piston and boot without a sleeve by pulling the inner dia of the boot over the bottom of the piston, then put the OD in the housing as shown here and push the piston in , Is a bit fiddlier as sometimes the boot slips off the piston , but it can be done . ( at the factory they put the boot in the housing 1st and then push the piston in through the boot and the seal at the same time. It can be done that way by hand as well but there is a risk of catching the ID of the boot between piston and bore and taking a bite out of the boot.)

Great video, thank you.

Nice job 👍

Thanks a lot for the video..

What a great informative video thankyou

top job dave . did 5 set of motorbike calipers last week seme deal all stuck on the dust seals . i find autosol good for getting some pistons back

Super video, thank you, I had started with the bleeder screw if it breaks, so ... :)

excellent vid. thanks.

Instead of using that metal sleeve to get the boot and piston back in all you have to do is put the piston in just so it’s started, then you put the boot in the groove with the piston hanging off. With a bit of calliper grease you just wind it back in with the boot in place.

Thank you .

Where can I buy those hose stoppers? Where is the link mate?

Excellent mate

neat trick with that metal sleeve, save you finger from geting hurt when you apply air in to put piston back

Did this today, piston wound back in nice and easy but it's still sticking after being refitted. What else could it be?

Brilliant

Hi Dave Great video as always... couple of quick questions. Is that red grease silicon based? Is it safe to use on the sliders as well? Is it called red assembly grease as there appears to be quite a few types out there on google search.

You dont put brake oil inside before you put back the piston? And isnt it bad to put silicon inside the cylinder?

Please can you link to these seals

Good video. I think the red rubber grease is vegetable oil based, not silicone; silicone grease is usually colourless, almost clear.

I just checked the rear wheels on my audi A3. It seems the right piston is seazed as the brake pads seems more worn than the left rear wheel.

great to hear some one say DEAD ON on you tube someone tacking norIreland speak good crack cheers jim

Have you come across the handbrake lever mechanism seizing? If so have you been able to repair it? Regards Charles

Dave do you have a garage near Belfast? In Newtownabbey myself and have this exact problem on a 2014 GTD.

Some VW Group calipers don't have the "wee steel pipe" for the brake fluid. The flexible hose connects directly into the caliper with a banjo fitting. This makes the job even easier.

Interesting, I couldn't work out why my piston could extend and not retract, it may well be this. I will try and pop the piston out and clean it up to see if this works. Interesting that it could be the boot causing issues. Bought a retract tool but almost bent the thing trying to move the piston.

Dave have you ever come across one of these that won't auto adjust? Have one in Astra H, not seized, but when you pump up the brakes it doesn't auto adjust, when release brake just retracts all the way, if you repeatedly pull the handbrake the piston doesn't keep coming out it just pulses in and out in same at the same position spot. Other side if you repeatedly pull handbrake it will push the piston out further and further. Tried winding it in and out

26:50 My piston does not go further but stays rotating at this level, too high. (Similarly as here at 27:02 in the correct level.) Does it have to do with the hand brake adjustment? The pads were really worn out, metal to metal.

Hi Great Video Thank you. I turn seal inside out slide onto piston locate seal in caliper and push in piston very simple and no tool needed Cheers

Good video 👍

haHA! Victory. I will go ahead and delete the remanufactured calipers from my ebay watch list and order the rebuild kit!!!

nice

Very informative video 👍

using a flame next to brake fluid ???

This is the difference between being a mechanic and a fitter.

so thats why my rear right brake is hotter than normal even after i bled it =))

So, at 12.16 you think that an old flexible rubber boot will cause the piston to seize with a nominal brake line pressure of 30 to 40 Bar ? That's 588 PSI !!! I dont think so.

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wait!? Your brake line is PVC?!!

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