That would just me toooo easy! It's German engineering, everything serves a purpose!

 

Yesterday I went and bought a 7mm and 8mm hex key socket and then when I went home I realized that the highest T socket I have is a 35. Could someone tell me if a 2000 fwd will need a T40 or T45 for the f or r calipers/caliper carriers? It wasn't really specified on the diy. This would be a huge help because that's one less thing that I would have to buy. Thanks.

 

so what would happen if you didnt screw the piston in and just pushed it in. as this is what i did. to bad i didnt realize that everything german is like nothing else. now i've got to pump my pedal once or twice to get real good stopping power. think i ruined the calipers?

 

A4 2000, I can't remember for the life of me, but I certainly remember now that I had to buy a set of torx wrenches. EDIT: I just went and looked at my set, it looks like the T30 is the only one I used out of the whole set. But, I do have a 99.5 and I know at least the rear calipers for the 2000 and 99.5 are not the same.

Audacity, for the front calipers, you only need to "screw in" the rear calipers, the front just compress. You probably just need to bleed your brakes, which is a fairly simple task.

 

the fronts i know that now they were just pushed in. i didnt push and screw the rears and i have bled them. soo any ideas.

 

Try bleeding again? I've had to do it a couple times before to get it right.

 

Nobody with a 2000 fwd has changed their brakes before?

 

How hard was it to do those rears, I for the life of me can't get my rear calipers off, I've successfully done the fronts but the rears won't budge, not to mention there is about zero room for a larger wrench in there.

And this morning I visited to brake places who both will only replace with their parts! WTF?

GRRRR... any tips would be a big help. That DIY ain't for ****, it's really basic. Every idiot knows you take the two caliper bolts out and compress the piston, how about telling us the details of problems we may face.

 

Large wrench? I know I needed to use an allen bit on an extension with a ratchet to get the two bolts out from behind the calipers. I actually needed to use a different length extension for each bolt, and the first time they were pretty tight. If you find just the right position for each, you can slip the box end of a combo wrench over the ratchet to get a little extra torque and bust them free. Overall, a real PITA, but still do-able.

Good luck. Oh yeah, if you have the bolts out, and they still won't budge, try disengaging the E-Brake... just saying

 

I just took it around the corner to a shopI know and asked if they could break it for me, which they did for no charge. Went home, and changed them. Sometimes it pays to know people.