How to rebuild front brake caliper - VW Audi Skoda Seat - New piston and seals (COMPLETE GUIDE)

[@MrXyzasdf]

Here's one piece of advice, you should do the majority of your cleaning and blasting with the old seals and piston in place. This will help seal and protect the piston surfaces far more than anything you can apply.

[@petermathews9298]

Good point

[@dsfs17987]

that depends, they use a lot of salt on roads where I live, so the biggest problem with these calipers is the corrosion of the piston AND the seal seat in the caliper, so if it has corroded bad enough around the seal seat (and I mean the hydraulic seal, not the dust cover), then the caliper is scrap, since there is no way to clean that area, if you do a really thorough job, and perhaps use electrolytic rust removal (or chelating rust removal solutions), then grease to fill the rust pits when seating the seal and dust cover, then it might work for couple of years, but if water gets in, it will corrode and seize in a matter of months not sure what they make calipers out of these days, but I don't recall them rusting this bad 10-15 years ago, just had to repair a caliper on my 7yo VW that seized on me suddenly, dust cover was intact, but when I pushed it off, revealed heavily corroded piston, chrome flaked off etc, and visually, there seemed to be very little chrome on the piston compared to cars made back in 1990ties and they talk about sustainability and green etc, and produce these cars that are junk in less than 10 years...

[@SUKEYES]

@@dsfs17987 sustainability talks is a joke... the only thing that matters for the BIG fellows is profit... and that's why they make your car last maximum a decade... 🤮🤬

[@bobw7066]

Hi from Australia, I have been a heavy diesel mechanic for almost sixty years and the first thing that you learn is to clean everything BEFORE you pull it apart. It prevents any crap from getting inside while you work on it, and you hands and tools stay cleaner.

[@crpth1]

Spot on. I've been wrenching around for little more than 3 decades. Same, same. Even "restoration" projects, fancy name for saved from the scrap! The first thing they get is a decent bath. Including Q-tip cooling fins. LOL 😂 😂 I told many people if dirt, was any good for performance, efficiency, etc. All cars and bikes would reach us covered in OEM mud. ;-)

[@artur5754]

Łoo panie kurła, co za geniusz z tą komorą do piaskowania. Biegnę do szwedzkiego sklepu kupić sobie 😜

[@petersaupe7455]

I leave the piston and seal in the caliper until I have sandblasted the caliper.Save taping and makes it easier to clean up.No chance of getting grit in bore.Very good video.

[@miketeeveedub5779]

You are like the Polish version of ChrisFix! Good tutorial and I love the home-made sandblaster - definitely going to build one for myself. Dzięki!

[@carsguidediy]

Thanks, I really appreciate it ;)

[@Egon1982]

"Like so" ;) would bet Ive heard that before... - Driven By Madness ;)

[@CorralesRacing]

Buen trabajo 👍

[@TheMaskOfHappie]

Wreszcie jakiś Polak nagrywa w języku angielskim jakieś tutoriale

[@tiboreszes3845]

It is an amazing job, but I have a different experience. I also bought this repair kit for € 19 each. At the cost of cruel work, I degreased, disassembled the caliper that required a special tool, filled the system with new brake oil, and finally bleed the brake system. The success lasted for about 1 week because he started to release the brake oil again. No, the cylinder was not scratched, I just think it was asymmetrically worn. I then bought a new caliper for € 15.95. A week later, the caliper on the other side broke, I also bought it. If I had bought it in pairs, the price would be € 27.06 / pair. The brake caliper replacement is a fraction of the refurbishment, it takes half an hour. The renovation is an incredibly big suck, and after that you can clean up and pay for the consumables.

[@tylerstatham2230]

The price of a new caliper is dependent on the vehicle, the calipers for my car are £200 new and the rebuild kit was £15.95. If you could get a caliper for less then a rebuild kit why did you even bother rebuilding it?

[@MasterBigNose]

No way a new caliper was 15.95

[@zazio5535]

Some calipers are indeed not expensive.

[@alfredomarquez9777]

Congratulations on a good video! The greatest point is the DIY sandblaster box! Please do a video on it! On the less than good parts, please let me comment on your use of too much high-temperature grease on the piston seals. I believe that it is better to just use new clean Brake Fluid to assemble the piston seals, as any grease will contaminate the brake fluid. In respect of the many comments saying not to use grease on guide pins, my experience is that pins MUST ALWAYS be well lubricated with high-temperature grease because it is the design of a FLOATING CALIPER! If NOT well greased, one is certain to end up with very different wear on the internal vs external pads, a less than good pad retraction and more noise! That is the reason to use rubber sleeves with caps! Just do not over grease them to prevent ANY grease to migrate to the rotor or pads. The sliding contact points on the pad backplate must be also lubricated with Hi-Temp grease, but not more than a match-head blob of grease will suffice.

[@carsguidediy]

Thanks :) As you said, everything goes straight to the point Regards :)

[@deanshort9011]

Outstanding work! Your explanation of all phases of the rebuild is very easy to understand! I was a pleasure to watch such great work! Thank you for posting.

[@egria]

Very clear and detailed video without unneeded talks.

[@ed_cetera]

I was able to rebuild the 2 front calipers for my VW after watching this video, the part about putting the dust cover on the cylinder was particularly helpful, I'm sure it would have taken me 3 times as long if I had not watched. Again Thank you very much for the helpful tips contained in this video Thanks / Ed

[@sammynnamdi4803]

You remind me of Peter Cetera

[@dvorgur]

I always replace the calipers... never knew it was this easy. And it looks brand new! Thanks for a nice and easy guide :)

[@angrycat2707]

it looks easy, we always repair them, because the repair kit is 1/10th of the price of a caliper, but when something goes wrong or it's not repairable( very rare cases, because of wear) we have to buy a new one. in some cases the pushing mechanism of the handbrake gets destroyed when the piston is siezed and you try to remove the piston, we can't get a replacement kit for the interior parts.

[@crpth1]

Yep. That's right. Where "rebuilt" calipers are available. They pass trough a similar process. Of cleaning, rebuild and re-sold. Quite honestly virtually "as new". In what the end client is concerned. Totally worth.

[@markoskoda]

its bether replace all caliper then take a crap part and ruin all job :D

[@mackiewiczbart]

Za piaskarkę masz plusa chłopie, pozd.

[@mrbeancounter90]

Many thanks for doing this and really good film, and all credit to you. Instead of compressed air at 3.26, I used a stirrup bicycle pump to get the piston out. I used the Schrader end over the bleeder valve which fitted the bleeder valve end and which was partially open to allow air in And covered the other end with my thumb Pumped the stirup biciyle pump and the piston came out

[@NIN_THUG]

Haha that's awesome.

[@jinkly]

This sandblasting box is amazing!!!

[@peterjensen3162]

Not every aspect of life needs a soundtrack...love the tutorial 👍🏻

[@tubtwjkum2367]

wowowoowo is so very nice you are good .

[@richardharries5825]

I agree ? Soundtracks are generally annoying.

[@DustyPearl-13]

Great job! Tomorow I am installing brand new OEM bake calipers because my front right one has jammes 3 times now...2013 Golf tdi with 250 000 km..They were due!

[@bobbymaz5501]

If you sand blast it before you take the piston and boots out you wont have to tape it off

[@pearlfinder1]

you mean sandblast it and paint it too

[@monotirado]

@@pearlfinder1 you mean sand blast it , clean it and then paint it

[@MrDannyzwo]

Like , lazy men way , like my :))

[@Billy28376]

I like the way where you go to the parts store and buy a new caliper. Boom clean.

[@dropsdrops1099]

@@Billy28376 You cant buy a new one. Everyone from shop they are already used rebuild.

[@Ze0lat]

Your sanding box is AWESOME idea!!! totally going to build one for myself

[@atika62]

+1

[@ejr4140]

the best video on youtube

[@VWLuka]

Lakier do zacisków i bębnów hamulcowych :D

[@boleklolek8036]

Polskie to Polskie

[@Billy28376]

Great video. Also I can tell English probably isn't your first language but you spoke so clearly. Thank you for your hard work. Good job sir.

[@cvcoco]

Thank you! And please do a video about making the sandblast box.

[@alexandruradu9849]

Take a big transparent plastic box and cut 2 holes for your hands, then use long rubber gloves.

[@ne2i]

DIY on that sandblasting box. Very nice Job!

[@r4mps]

It was indeed a nice bonus to the video!

[@LonleyGuns]

Gdy usłyszałem Passat, nie miałem złudzeń, że to polski jutub :D

[@Brionish]

7:56 aceton techniczny :)

[@michals547]

@@Brionish 8:03 lakier z polskimi napisami.

[@michals547]

8:03 lakier.

[@saab93contdi]

Always struggled getting the dust cover on....now I know how!

[@hillbillybeerdranker6678]

No sand blasting needed, use electrolysis or dip it in evaporust.

[@DustyPearl-13]

You clean work earned you my subscription and, of course, a big fat thumbs up!

[@ronplucksstrings7112]

Very nice job on the Caliper, and the video! Always put a dab of Anti-Seize or graphite grease on the Bleeder screws so they don't give you trouble in the future (like you had when you first had to remove it!) Cheers

[@jimosullivan1389]

Red Rubber Grease only. No contamination of fluid!

[@ronplucksstrings7112]

@@jimosullivan1389 RRG is for Seals and Dustboots (when using DOT3 or 4 Fluid), Silicon Grease when system will be filled with DOT5. For Bleeders (metal to metal) graphite is recommended for the graphite particulates which you don't get ANY of with RRG...and if you contaminate your Brake Fluid with what's on Bleeder threads, maybe you should reconsider your bleeding method...flow direction is OUT not IN! Cheers

[@germanolivaresperez9204]

im right now painting my calipers and soon the moment to install the new dust cover, still waiting for the parts to come but sure easier to understand now!

[@foreverwood1963]

Where did you order your rebuild kit I'm considering it

[@aceharris8807]

@@foreverwood1963 7

[@scottm5425]

Superb, I never managed to sort the seal and now I see where I was going wrong. Very helpful thanks

[@dopiaza2006]

Yep, the outer part of the seal is held in place by the piston so unless it's set correctly you'll never get it in!

[@sacalulauriu]

Great job. I like sandblasing box 😊

oh am I happy to see a K2 product on youtube 😍😍😍

[@Jagshemasher]

Love the sandblasting box

[@justwatchingffs371]

I'd do this for a living... Looks so fun

[@bigshoe9130]

Oh aye, let me just whip out my compressor and sandlbaster. Good simple and informative video bud.

[@kickwer]

He did point out that you can: 1. Pull out the piston with a clamp (with some effort) 2. Use sandpaper and a steel/wire brush instead of a sandblaster (will take about an hour per caliper) There is no need for expensive tools, though they make the process much easier and faster obviously.

[@bigshoe9130]

@@kickwer r/woosh

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

What man even changes oil and doesn't have an air compressor? Like 4 real?

[@dado5162]

u can put caliper into acid leave it over night and its clean then just let it dry on sun and you are good to go

[@bigshoe9130]

@@bufordmaddogtannen5164 Brave of you to assume I change oil. Auld boi.

[@jimyoung6010]

Dang dude?. ... You're AWESOME!! Two thumbs up, GREAT video!

[@mohammedalshehri5699]

Thanks for the very good video, we need another good one for the sandblaster.

[@Daniel-zr9xq]

thanks for a great show, also you speak well as we can hear English is not your mamas tongue nor mine either. bravo to you Sir

[@e.a.7265]

E e e e e A Man, such a clean meticulous job. I wish you can make a DIY video for that sandblasting box.

[@19NinetyUK]

Nice video really easy to see what you were doing!

[@AndreasR1]

Very good! You could prime the caliper before painting it and you could grease for the bleeder screw thread.

[@fuadkrasniqi3236]

Very nice job. very good video. Nice work with the sanding box.

[@davidrobins4025]

Very well done video with good clear description of the job. Thank you.

[@AbdulLatif-pq9kv]

Nice work ❤

[@chrisbailey4759]

Excellent job, it would be interesting to see how long the paint will last 👍.

[@kells77]

Chris Bailey did mine with hammeriitr smooth 6 years and still looks like new Car is on my channel brakes can be seen 1993 Golf GTI with audi s3 engine and brakes

[@chrisbailey4759]

@@kells77 That's amazing, never would have thought to use that paint, in case it set on fire. I'll give it a go next time, cheers👍

[@kells77]

Chris Bailey if u look on my channel in the videos of my black golf the gearbox is also painted in hammerite ( spray version ) The finish is like a power coat once done and very good I also did the rocker cover agian this has been on 10 years and still like new - gets very hot too no issues at all Another brand to use is the rustolium paints

[@alistairbernard9574]

A Superb video Mate. Fantastic workmanship. An Inspiration for my 1970 Cortina mk2 Caliper rebuild which i plan to work on soon. 👌

[@LEVUCARCHANNEL]

Chia sẻ hướng dẫn phục hồi gông phanh rất hay ,cảm ơn bạn chia sẻ

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic897]

polako własnie tego mi brakowało bo naoglądałem się anglojęzycznych kanałów a nie wiedziałem jakie polskie zamienniki tych chemikaliów brać dzięki kolego subek leci

[@ulugbeksaipov917]

Clear explanation. Great video. Subscribed.

[@woody95124]

real nice complete job...Well done....

[@Chimkent-d8n]

приветствую дружище! классно интересно и познавательно, Я подписался

[@aleksanderknavs3724]

Nice sandblasting machine🙂

[@carlohester1491]

That grease was meant for the guide pins only. You can’t use it on the square cut seal or piston, it will contaminate the brake fluid and cause abs module issues.

[@kzzjzz5383]

www.redrubbergrease.com/

[@damiansmigielski]

In that type of caliper it's forbidden to grease guide pins.

[@alfredomarquez9777]

@@damiansmigielski WHY? guide pins MUST be greased in order to slide freely! Even the VW shop manual says to regrease them.

[@damiansmigielski]

Alfredo Márquez in that type it’s forbidden. Grease gonna collect dirt. They aren’t sealed

[@damiansmigielski]

Alfredo Márquez and I checked in manual. They say that grease is forbidden

[@owpeterj]

your vid instruks is helpful - clear speech and pics - driven nuts by the crummy uneeded muzak (maybe music for some - primitiv repetition for others and a complete irrelevance to speech and instruction). The job looks nice - assuming the cylinder bore to be ok. Thanks for posting. Nice burner you have too :-)

[@jarpen3]

Sandblast box jest zajebisty, no i ten k2 spray zakryty naklejką

[@azertyuiopqsdfghjklm6869]

مليح

[@romanmomot7930]

Before sandblasting, you should wash the clamp with water under pressure to remove any contamination. After this treatment, you can sandblast. If you have sandblasted the part, never use any liquids or rags to re-clean (6.53-8.00). Make sure the surface is kept clean until painting. Such a thin coating will not protect the caliper against re-corrosion. Przed piaskowaniem powinieneś umyć zacisk wodą pod ciśnieniem aby usunąć zaniczyszczenia . Po tym zabiegu możesz piaskować. Jeżeli wypiaskowałeś część ,nigdy nie używaj żadnych płynów i szmatek do ponownego czyszczenia ( 6.53-8.00).Zadbaj o utrzymanie czystej powierzchni do czasu malowania. Tak cienka powłoka nie zabezpieczy zacisku przed ponowną korozją.

[@larryclarke2872]

Great video.. I did mine in deep red and also the bracket that holds the caliper on. They look great sitting on the zink coated drilled and slotted brakes. Wish I could upload a pic ..

[@Taz6688]

I would have sandblasted it first the bleed screw and piston would protect from any dirt or sand getting in.

[@carsguidediy]

That's a good idea ;) next time I will do it Regards :)

[@steve-en8hm]

It replacing the old piston leave it in place when sandblasting same as the bleed nipple.

[@mundex125bieszczady]

Fajny pomysł z tym pudełkiem do piaskowania :) Muszę sobie takie zrobić :) Fajny film. Nice job :)

[@zsoltkohler7096]

Another video what shows how to put the dust cover the hard way. It can be installed with pushed in piston easily, but no one mentions on the net.

[@screwsnutsandbolts]

Excellent videos ! 👍🏻

[@kyojohny]

wbijam jak na british a tu brat z Polski

[@krimolakhel4430]

hi what an incredible result , thanks for your video.

[@thedude4795]

Most people put the before on the left, but you do things your way.

[@adeolaopalade7584]

Wow this is really going to help . Very understandable

[@stuartabsent5122]

well done mate, i'm planning to refurb the genuine BMW calipers i replaced with OEM recently and refit.

[@sylalbin]

hello from Sweden, very god video now I well do the same. thank you

[@m.haslam8495]

Yes, it looks awesome. Another job on my list??? Thanks.

[@JoeDplummer_]

Nice job!.. The only thing I disliked is when using those tweezers to pull out the piston.

[@l0ht]

Ten uczuć kiedy czytasz na puszce Lakier. Pozdro

[@TBGSX-R]

Very good guide but why not put the piston cup back in along with the old bleed nipple and feed bolt to protect the threads during blasting.

[@anishamm685]

Very nice work!

[@davidgruen7423]

The thread of the new bleeder screw needs to be lubricated with grease, according to the Volkswagen repair manual, torque to 10Nm.

[@AllanO808]

I use copper ease on mine.

[@circulolectores4869]

Fantastic and amaizing Job

[@ravenmaster6364]

superb! well done great job and looked very satisfying to do 👍👍

[@snoke2007]

nice job, i'd personally wouldve ran a tap into the thread of the bleeder valve and put a bit of anti seize on the valve threads, but thats just me

[@jimosullivan1389]

Red rubber grease is better as it is compatible with DOT3/4 and 5.1 brake fluids. No mineral oils or greases may be used in places that come into contact with brake fluid.

[@KineticLatency]

Very helpful.

[@carsguidediy]

Thanks really appreciate it :) Regards

[@guytremblay1647]

never remove a O-ring with a normal screwdriver casue it will most likely scratch the seat where its laying in and you will end up with micro leaks that will become bigger with time . If you ever wonderd why sometimeyou ahve calipers that sweat oil a bit well thats where it comes from .and as time goes by that sweating will increase into a real leak . There are special tools made to take out O-rings and will not scratch the seat of the o-ring

[@luisivanrivera]

Good job bro

[@markblades4536]

Very good, Amy particular kind of grease to use? Great video thanks

[@sivanakalur5290]

Super job

[@KM-go9yq]

NICE WORK MAN

[@paulh6587]

Top job, thanks for the help.

[@davidgeorge2666]

nice job..that's the way to rebuild a caliper

[@richardharries5825]

That’s what they used to do years ago. But not no more. These days all garages prefer to just scrap your old calliper. And replace with new. Costing you a small fortune.

[@Bigtime_mcalpine]

Great video, nice pace, very informative AND entertaining!

[@adamburke5400]

Good job

[@bellwire4me]

Thanks a lot! Big help!

[@robertmccabe2993]

Nice job did not know it was that easy

[@brianbagnall3029]

Yeah, if you happen to own a sandblaster I guess.

[@AlexanderJScheu]

... newest.. is . *blasting with *Dry-Ice = *Instead *Sand-blasting, ... cheaper and better for *Environment, everywhere to buy, But thank you for this video, did learn about - save money.

[@frankyknoettner6503]

excellent Work very nice

[@suzukiyakudze2131]

Well done job, explained every step according to instructions, also great little video.

[@lematecprotools]

Try gravity feed sandblaster gun that can offer more power(CFM) to remove rust more faster.

[@ЭдуардНосырев-ъ6р]

Это суппорт системы АТЕ однопоршневой. Резиновая манжета поршня смазки не боится, а вот смазывать смазкой две ризинки направляющих не надо, там обычная резина, а не масло-бензостойкая. Можно мылом, но не смазкой. Сами направляющие также не смазываются.

[@ЭдуардНосырев-ъ6р]

@Zaliya Ollamova Силиконовой можно. Но на видео явно не силиконовая. Во всяком случае я ни разу не видел силикон в тюбиках.

[@Roberto231973]

Nice job as new!

[@seanadamson9911]

Great job, great video, but I would have thought you would need to bake that paint after spraying like most heat resistant paints.

[@CraigMansfield]

Not all. You can get engine block paint which doesn't require baking.

[@n9wox]

Looks exactly like my 2000 Passat caliper.

[@hallohrustany6470]

Good job👍

[@thrasher305]

Awesome video. Thanks!