Ive done the front disks and pads they were a doodle to do come to do the rear discs and pads having trouble taking the bolts off that holds the caliper any ideas i was thinking of heating the bolt up then trying . And the screw that holds the disk on having trouble taking that off cheers
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Heats okay but you will find it very difficult to get the heat to the right place and keep it away frrom the wrong places. Best soaking it with WD40/Plus gas fior a few hours. If you can (without damaging the head) try smacking it with a hammer to see if that will loosen them off
I think that the only answer to getting the rear disc retaining screw out is IMPACT SCREWDRIVER. I've had one of them for years and was scared to use it on anything, but when the seized disc retaining screw on someone elses car would not come out - out from the depths of an old tool box came the impact screwdriver - and it worked a treat.
One thing to remember here is, the worst thing that can happen if you end up using the impact screwdriver the wrong way (direction) , is that you shear the head off the screw. So what, that screw is only there to save you a lot of trouble when changing wheels, my old B5 Passat does not have disc retaining screws, so VW provided a plastic threaded bar to fit instead of a wheel bolt when changing a wheel - it keeps the disc in line on the hub (so that you can fit the wheel bolts and when its at the highest hole, you can hang the wheel from it - quite handy really, I've since bought one for my wife's Polo 9N and an Audi aluminium one for keeping in the garage beside the wheel changing stuff - the Audi one is about 4 inches long though!
One thing to remember here is, the worst thing that can happen if you end up using the impact screwdriver the wrong way (direction) , is that you shear the head off the screw. So what, that screw is only there to save you a lot of trouble when changing wheels, my old B5 Passat does not have disc retaining screws, so VW provided a plastic threaded bar to fit instead of a wheel bolt when changing a wheel - it keeps the disc in line on the hub (so that you can fit the wheel bolts and when its at the highest hole, you can hang the wheel from it - quite handy really, I've since bought one for my wife's Polo 9N and an Audi aluminium one for keeping in the garage beside the wheel changing stuff - the Audi one is about 4 inches long though!
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Got any other ideas with the bolt on the back of the caliper its on solid struggling to get it off
No, as I think that the Cupra rear discs are differant than the normal ones - ie they are not simple Lucas ones with a pair of mounting dowels with bolts in th ends of them - am I correct?
On second thoughts, it could be that the Cupra also uses a simple but bigger Lucas rear brake set-up, in which case what is seized, I'd have thought that you can change the rear disks without removing the carrier bracket - if that is the bolts that are too tight. does the disk not just lift off over the step in the hub after you take the caliper off its carrier bracket - maybe tightish but possible? To get the caliper off a Lucas rear caliper means getting an open ended spanner over the mounting floating dowel pin to stop it turning, and unscrewing the caliper mounting bolts - normally they are kept in with Loctite so that should keep any moisture out.
It looks like i will have to move the carrier bracket Might be able to its gonna be tight squeeze though
I have not tried doing this on this platform yet (got the parts though), but that was the way with my B5 Passat, looking at my Haynes Fabia repair manual (bought for use with the Polo 9N when I needed something before Haynes had printed the Polo one), it just mentions doing as I've said, but that would only cover the 130PD in the VRS (sorry Skoda people if the VRS was 160!).
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