Re: [NON ROC] HELP, Passat B3 brakes

[Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net>]

At 2:38 PM -0500 12/27/01, Speed Racer wrote:
>   Need some info here. My dad is fixing the brakes on my sisters 
>Passat and is having trouble with the rear. He called someone and 
>they said he needed a kit to do them. Is this in any way true? Does 
>it require more than just the same tools that were used for the 
>front. I fear that my dad got the "kit required" story from the 
>stealership that robbed my sister for $1K to fix her car the first 
>(and last) time.I never had a VW with rear disk. Any advice is 
>appreciated.
>


No, you need something to spin the pistons back in. I got a tool at 
Pep Boys that does it; it's a cube with a notch on each face to fit a 
3/8" socket, and different pins on each face.  You find the face that 
fits the slots on the piston, and put the wrench in the opposite 
face, then turn.
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