VW Polo 9n repairs. Episode 4, new front brake discs and pads.

Episode 4 and this time the wee Polo 9n (2002-2009) gets all new front brake discs and pads.
Being a Volkswagen the process is very similar for the Skoda Fabia, Audi A3 and Seat Ibiza
I hope this helps if you are thinking of doing this job yourself and remember to check out my other videos for more how tos.
Dave
Disclaimer.
This video shows ho I did the job. It is your responsibility to keep yourself safe if you choose to tackle this job yourself. If you dont think you can safely complete the job then please contact a professional.
Brakes are a major safety component and I cannot be held responsible for any damage you cause to yourself, your car or anybody else.
#VolkswagenPolo9N #FrontBrakeOverhaul #CarRepairs #DiscsandPads #Howto #DoItYourself #VWPolo

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

If you found this video helpfull and it saved you spending a lot of money at a main dealer or garage then I would be really grateful if you could drop me a wee donation using the super thanks button and help me make more of these videos. Thank you all, Dave.

[@zenoelea8239]

Love it. Simple straight forward, no anoying music, no need for talking and all the information you need. Oh and its very entertaining. Brilliant no bullshit. Thank you.

[@HenrikSkov-DK]

When you, like me, are not a trained mechanic and rarely change brakes, it's nice to be able to refresh how you do before you even start. Nice accurate movie. Perfect, thank you :)

[@fastfietser]

You forgot to close the brake fluid reservoir ;-) Great video, thanks

[@NuttyGore2039]

Thanks my guy, amazing camera angles, no random bs and straight to work. this helped me alot cheers!!

[@gtarist1]

Great job and thanks this was very helpful and much appreciated, it would be great to hear your comments as you work, on any future videos

[@Biggreydog]

Nice job.

[@nicholaschriss1706]

Hey BTJustice, I'm going to do that tomorrow morning on the strength of this video.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Your biggest enemy is rust and the last guy who did the job. Other than that, take your time and you will get on fine. Glad the video helped and let me know how easy you found it.

[@nicholaschriss1706]

@@AstonishingGlasgow All good, brakes feel so much better. No rust really as we don't grit our roads in Sydney. It took me about an hour and a half, I've got a rubbish jack. Thanks again.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Great news, glad it went smoothly and I'm not gealous at all that nothing was rusty...... honest🤨😅

[@The_Observer68]

I do like your great tutorials . Thank you

[@freespeechisdeadrip]

By the sound of it at the beginning of the video Your starter motor bushes and or bearings are on the way out

[@Juahho_jk]

Thank you so much!

[@seriksson9721]

Love the copperpaste. Nice

[@mattb8198]

Thank you sir

[@mattb8198]

The T45 is impossible to find!!!

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

If the T45 wont fit, some cars have a hex head on the pin so try your allen keys if the torx wont fit.

[@andrejprodan4016]

Job done on the sidewalk in less than an hour!!

[@catalin-viorelbriceag1097]

Please fix that rust. Even better, make a video doing it. It pains me to see such a well taken care of car get eaten by the plague. Cheers!

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Its OK, its fixed. Check out episode 6 where I change the CV joint and you will see its gone. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4OYYWmsZ7yGjtE

[@catalin-viorelbriceag1097]

@@AstonishingGlasgow Glad to see it clean. Got me a 9n3 recently and will show him some love. Got some rust in the usual lower back fender area where many VW of the era begin to rust. It's nothing serious but it needs addressing. I don't know if I would buy a tripod and start making some videos with my first car. Hope to see new episodes of your goggly Polo. :)

[@tommusic1958]

Good video, but I'd be wearing gloves while I used that cleaner spray!

[@BubuOZn]

If the brake fluid is at an ok level, does the system bleed itself?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

No need to bleed unless you remove the brake hose and you don't need to do that to change discs and pads.

[@onepartofchinese]

great video，if you make a video about how to jack up polo，please let me know

[@toyotoe3732]

Hi . Thanks for video. Just changed front pads on a 2003 vw polo 1.2 petrol. Didnt change discs - only slightly lippped. Both caliper pistons pushed in easy. Brake fluid reservoir between min and max before I started. Didn't open any bleed nipples. Pumped brake pedal after changing pads. Brake pedal felt fine when car not running. When car running and driving, brake pedal feels a little spongy. Is this normal to experience some sponginess until pads are bedded in?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

It's normal for them to feel a little bit spongy. Remember that your disc surface may be slightly concave or the pads are resting on the lips in the disc when you press the pedal and the spongy feeling will be the pads flexing slightly to take the shape of the disc. For the same reason the brakes efficiency will be reduced until they bed in so take care for the first few days of driving as stopping distance will have increased.

[@longb1913]

do you have to lubricate or do anythign to the slider pins so the dust doesn't get in?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Wee bit of copper grease to stop anything binding up and make sure seals are in good condition and you should be OK.

[@atillaonay6022]

👍

[@krunkersplaya3759]

If u know what kind off break pad for the VW POLO 2001 1.4 16V please let me know.. please help me

[@Carlosmartinhox]

friend what is the size of the brake discs ??

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

These were 256mm discs.

[@stefanofinco7162]

Ahhh is your starter motor not disengaging properly as well 😬👀

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Worn bush causes the run on noise. Extremely common in this age VW. It made the noise for the 6 years we owned it and never failed to work.

[@TheIdiotPlays]

0:40 oh god that rust. Mine has none. I wonder how that happened?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Its only surface rust where the stone chip paint has lifted from the sill, nothing serious and it will get fixed in the warmer weather.

[@TheIdiotPlays]

@@AstonishingGlasgow Oh. Mine has like a plastic cover on those rails so I don't get that exact problem (04 model). Are your instrument cluster lights light bulbs? Mine are leds and died. Just wondering if that happens to others. Replaced mine. They're 20mA 1.8-2.1v vdrop diodes.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

If you can, make sure that this is not happening behind the plastic sill covers. In the late 1990's and early 2000's VW was moving to water based paint systems and sometimes they fail allowing water behind the paint. I couldnt tell you if the dash has LED's or bulbs, I had assumed they were just incandescent bulbs and never had reason to check otherwise.

[@TheIdiotPlays]

@@AstonishingGlasgow Hmm. I have to fix the exhaust manifold leak tomorrow as well, maybe I'll check the sills as well. :) My local mechanic wasn't able to fix the leak nor was my friend. I quess i'll mangle it to a worse state with my own hands lol.

[@TheIdiotPlays]

Finally got the leak fixed. I have to say that the leak caused a massive loss in power. (Earlier in 2nd gear at under 2k rpm there was literally no torque.) And there was no rust in the sills. What was funny though was that I passed inspection with 0 faults.This car has never passed the first inspection, though my brother who's the original owner may be the one to blame.

[@scotspie501douglas7]

do you still have the polo 9n I just seen the andrew watt spares

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Not any more. The polo was my wife's car and she now has a Mk6 golf.

[@tarzan0132]

Great video, what impact driver are you using?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Cheers. I dont have an impact driver (wish I did) I loosened the bolts then wound them out with a power screwdriver.

[@tarzan0132]

@@AstonishingGlasgow oh right, could i get the name of the power screwdriver, looked like it was a quality item. Thanks for the fast reply.

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Its a Ferrex brand. Cost around £25 from Aldi so I dont think its anything amazing but it works.

[@rasyidmohd4614]

my mechanic just skimming the disk...Its this safe to used?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

As long as they know what they are doing and dont skim it too thin it will be fine. Just make sure it makes sense financially as new discs are not expensive.

[@ivanjovanovic3624]

00:18 what is that sound when engine is start? I have the same sound on mine

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Starter motor bush.

[@seanwallace1972]

You have a gas strut on your polo my daughters 200@ has a prop,is that gas strut some thing you fitted yourself

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

The bonnet strut? As far as I know thats how it left the factory, I didnt fit it.

[@seanwallace1972]

@@AstonishingGlasgow ahh ok just curious, Have you done any videos on the interior,as I need to take the A pillars off to change the tweeter,any idea how they come off?great simple videos for once,but why don’t you talk?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Cheers Sean. The only interior video was removing the rear door card to change the lock module. I try not to talk in my car videos to keep them straight to the point. Too many how to videos spend 10 minutes with "hey you tood, today were gonna....". I just want to let the video tell the story.

[@seanwallace1972]

@@AstonishingGlasgow yes I saw that video what a lot of hassle doing that,I take it that the rear door lock module is a common problem? And I agree with you about the talking in vidoes,I wasn’t being rude I was just curious as to y you don’t speak

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Didnt think you were being rude at all mate. There is also another bonus to not talking, a lot of people who have watched my videos are from non English speaking countries.

[@holly079782]

Hello, do you know what size Allen key bit was used to take the sliders out? Anybody know?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

On this car it was a T34 torx bit.

[@holly079782]

Great, thanks for the reply.... Oh damn, was hoping it would be Allen key 😬

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

It may be an allen key on your car, you would need to jack up your car and have a look. A torx set isnt expensive so buy torx and allen keys and you will have them the next time you need them.

[@seriksson9721]

Sometimes its 7mm allen

[@righteyeblink8996]

what is it you spray on the breake discs ?🤷‍♀️

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Just brake part cleaner to remove any grease or oil.

[@righteyeblink8996]

@@AstonishingGlasgow thank you ✔👍

[@WeiserMaster3]

where did you put the jack stand at?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Under the track control arm bush.

[@WeiserMaster3]

@@AstonishingGlasgow thank you

[@Probe041]

Don't forget to repair starter motor ;-)

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

At the point where the starter stops starting I will start to think about fixing the stopped starter.

[@Probe041]

@@AstonishingGlasgow now it's good time, you can hear the noise of bendix shaft after engine starts. Besides the teeth on the flywheel are in pain right now :-) Kind regards ;-)

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

It has been making that noise for the last 5 years and never failed to start. This car is run on a budget so gets fixed when needed so as long as the starter is starting the car the noise will be part of its "character".

[@pirajanktn0612]

Thx for this video. I have a Polo 9n and the breakdisc is broken

[@zenoelea8239]

@@AstonishingGlasgow A man after my heart, well said. Just hope it does not fail when you stall at a busy junction or rail crossing !"!!!!!!

[@jamesmaisner7877]

Great video but wheel nuts do not need to be that tight!!!

[@techgamer1597]

89 foot-pounds i think if you use a torque wrench

[@maryamnasery3401]

What what is the name spry

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Spry?

[@maryamnasery3401]

@@AstonishingGlasgow yes the name of spry?

[@AstonishingGlasgow]

Thats the problem, I dont know what a spry is?