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[Phillipo]

Hi, recently bought my first Seat, Althea XL 1.9 TDI and loving it! Also my first diesel car? Planning on replace rear brake discs and pads soon, so looking for any tips, cheers Phil.

 

[380bhpdaily]

Welcome along enjoy your stay. The brakes in the rear are pretty straight forwards mate I think the hardest part will be if you need to undo the carrier bolts to remove your discs can be abit tuff. Some cars you can get away with not removing the carrier depends on how small your rear discs are.

 

[Phillipo]

Welcome along enjoy your stay. The brakes in the rear are pretty straight forwards mate I think the hardest part will be if you need to undo the carrier bolts to remove your discs can be abit tuff. Some cars you can get away with not removing the carrier depends on how small your rear discs are.

Cheers, I appreciate all the help I can. I’ve owned a few VW in my youth... many years ago and hoping Seat are similar.

 

[380bhpdaily]

Yea buddy yours should be basically the same as a mk5 golf underneath that body. You’ll need a triple square to undo the bolts to get the carrier bolts off. I’ll find you a link to a guide so you know what size it is hang on mate.

 

[380bhpdaily]

There you go, the tools needed is there mate. Hope this helps. You probably already know what your doing but maybe this post will help someone else in years to come. Shout me if you did get stuck.

 

[Phillipo]

Cheers bud?

 

[380bhpdaily]

Also I will say one thing is that expect one of the rear callipers to be seized as they are common for that. Everytime I do one and is hasn’t got a seized calliper I’m surprised lol hopefully not gonna be the case for you tho.

 

[380bhpdaily]

Just out of interest what year is your seat? Just wanna make sure I’m not giving you duff info I’m assuming it’s around 2008 shape?

 

[Phillipo]

Thank you, I’m hoping they’re not seized as the pads are nearly on the limit, thanks for the video?Great help.

 

[Phillipo]

Just out of interest what year is your seat? Just wanna make sure I’m not giving you duff info I’m assuming it’s around 2008 shape?

2010

 

[380bhpdaily]

Cool that’s fine.

 

[Phillipo]

There you go, the tools needed is there mate. Hope this helps. You probably already know what your doing but maybe this post will help someone else in years to come. Shout me if you did get stuck.

Brilliant video, even gives the torque settings excellent cheers bud??

 

[Jay5959]

Welcome to the forums mate!

 

[Phillipo]

Cheers, first Seat and loving it?

 

[jcbmally]

Hi, recently bought my first Seat, Althea XL 1.9 TDI and loving it! Also my first diesel car? Planning on replace rear brake discs and pads soon, so looking for any tips, cheers Phil.

Welcome mate, a load of friendly and clever people on here.

 

[Phillipo]

Cheers, glad I joined, pleased with how friendly people are ?

 

[Phillipo]

Brilliant video, even gives the torque settings excellent cheers bud??

Took the wheels off today and had a look. It’s a M14 triple square socket head? To remove carrier.

 

[EBC Brakes UK]

Hi, recently bought my first Seat, Althea XL 1.9 TDI and loving it! Also my first diesel car? Planning on replace rear brake discs and pads soon, so looking for any tips, cheers Phil.

Have you thought of trying our products yet?

 

[Phillipo]

Have you thought of trying our products yet?

Will do in the future, new to page. Have you got a link ?

 

[EBC Brakes UK]

Great https://ebcbrakesdirect.com/ will get you to where you need to be.