Imagine the most painful sound to your ears...

[BigJase88]

The springs can be fitted to all caliper setup's i think!

Have a look and see if your setup can accomodate a spring

 

[csd_19]

Heres the springs fitted

N/s part no 1K0615295
O/s part no 1K0615296

I think they were fitted the wrong way (i.e. on wrong side, the spiral should be near the handbrake pivot).

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showpost.php?p=4098714&postcount=1

also shown on refurbed calipers

 

[BigJase88]

God knows just pulled the pic from google images as a reference!

 

[BigJase88]

Better?

 

[QU4RESMA]

What condition are your rear disks in??

Mine are fairly new!

 

[csd_19]

Better?

Better

The kink in one of the arms of the spring is to clear the pivot nut.

 

[Dione J]

N/s part no 1K0615295
O/s part no 1K0615296

Will this part number be the same for a Leon Cupra 180?

 

[LEE69]

7H0615295A
7H0615296

Get them from vw as they are far cheaper

 

[Dione J]

Thanks

Will those part numbers work at TPS Lee?

 

[LEE69]

Genuine VW numbers i guess so? let us know

 

[nd-photo.nl]

I have asked for a quote in The Netherlands. Will be doing this small mod as well.

 

[Dione J]

£1.92 each at TPS

 

[Dione J]

Genuine VW numbers i guess so? let us know

Yeah they worked Lee, hows best to fit them?

 

[JDUB 20V]

With pliers or can even use hands as the springs are not heavily tensioned.

 

[csd_19]

Yep can do them without tools, just make sure they sit the correct way as per the pic in posts 25 & 26 above

 

[Dione J]

Thanks, do they have a hook or anything to sit into the caliper holes?

 

[LEE69]

Thanks, do they have a hook or anything to sit into the caliper holes?

No, they are held by magic


Yes they will have a hook so when tensioned they can't fall out

 

[nd-photo.nl]

Ive ordered them at the Seat dealer, €2.50 a pop

 

[goob2000]

This is a great little mod, for peanuts! Just did this on mine, hoping to get rid of a light constant breaking noise that I can hear from the passanger side all the time above 20mph. I cleaned up the rear breaks and wound the pistons back in and added copper grease and moxy to try and prevent any siezing calipers (no issues with movement on the slider pins).

The mechanisim the handbrake cable attaches to, it seems to be movable (not too easily), but what is the default position meant to be when the handbrake is off or on? I only ask cos it seems that the arm in mine does not move whether it is on or off????? (its the part that the top arm of the spring attaches too). Is this meant to move when the handbrake is under tension...or does it just stay the same all the time???

 

[Muttley]

Do you mean the crank arm that the handbrake cable attaches to at the caliper? It should move when the handbrake is applied, as it is applying mechanical pressure to the piston so as to apply the handbrake. It sounds as though you have a seized handbrake mechanism on that side.

Jack up that side, apply the handbrake and see if the wheel can be rotated. Now release it, and see if there's any difference.

The rest position should be 1mm off the end stop when the handbrake lever is fully released i.e. down as far as it will go.