It's a bloody nightmare and I needed a special spline drive m14. You dont have any room to get a long enough bar in. Its probably much easier in a garage up on a proper lift. then the ground wouldn't get in the way and you could use a longer bar. There is nothing wrong with people maintaining their cars, but these cars have modern materials, processes and sometimes need particular tools. Designed for use on Chrysler and Land Rover VM engines, Laser Tools new Spline Bit, M14 x 100mm Long 1/2"D (part 4147) can also work on the lower ball joints on VW Transporter/T4 vehicles.

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I see that Irwin do some removers for this. Anyone used them with success pls,or know any other way. I used wd40 before trying but it's an absolute ****I tried to remove the rear caliper carriers on my vrs. I had a large torque wrench with a slight extension on to reach m14 spline bolt. Trouble is when I used full force it shredded the spline bolt. It's almost easier to cut the heads off the bolts with a Dremel, you'll go through a few blades but you should really be replacing the bolts anyway so it's no loss on bolts and it's easy to do, takes about 10-15mins to cut a head off.

Rear brake caliper disassembly FL MK2 - Skoda Octavia Mk II

The views expressed herein are those of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of BRISKODA or SKODA. Most other large bolts are 200Nm+180° And should be replaced, as should the 90Nm+90° bolts for the rear carrier. It is all in the manual ...RTFMWhat's it like doing the rear discs on a mk3? On the mk2 it was a bloody nightmare as there was hardly any access to get at the caliper bolts.

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size disc calipers are as follows..& I think the 340mm are the same as the same base caliper casting:-Applications: ball joints on Volkswagen LT, Transporter, Touran and rear caliper bolt on Passat and Audi A3. All content is viewed and used at your own risk. We do not warrant the accuracy or reliability of any of the information. The reason they are tight is they are stretch bolts. VW group use them on most of their suspension and brake components. Hi Aj77, I had done much research on-line and found that most mechanics report that they always reuse these bolts. If you have access to an air tool, these carrier bolts do come out easilly. I'm pleased that I managed it with limited facilities and I did clean the threads and reused the bolts with a little blue Loctite on the threads and tightened them using a torque wrench. This was a simple but prolonged job which took me a week of daily spraying K2 Vulcan penetrating oil, My biggest worry was if the splines stripped, what do I do then, so I will keep your method in mind for when I do my own Octavia in the summer. The welder is a good way of applying heat exactly where you need it. Much better than a wimpy blowtorch.