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[tunnie]

I found it fairly easy, big ass screwdriver to get it moving. I then rammed my brake calliper tool in and expanded it. Out they popped, around 45 mins each side.

[Nick W]

I found it fairly easy, big ass screwdriver to get it moving. I then rammed my brake calliper tool in and expanded it. Out they popped, around 45 mins each side.

Knock a cold chisel in a couple of places to get them started, and ease them out with a pair of claw hammers. A squirt of silicone spray on the new ones, a hefty clout to seat them, and an impact gun to wind them in.


As you say, about 45 minutes a side. And you'll not be doing them again.

[TheBoy]

And you'll not be doing them again.

No, because I poly'd mine

[Nick W]

And you'll not be doing them again.

No, because I poly'd mine

Mine were 14 years old when I replaced them. There's no way the rest of the car is going to manage another 10 years - 2 or 3 if I'm lucky. So they're a single replacement in the car's lifetime.


Then I'll be looking for a V70, or a manual, petrol Superb estate.

[TheBoy]

Mine were 14 years old when I replaced them. There's no way the rest of the car is going to manage another 10 years - 2 or 3 if I'm lucky. So they're a single replacement in the car's lifetime.

Yup, not disagreeing.

I poly'd mine because rubber bushes do start to deteriorate from day 1, and I wanted to keep mine in day 1 condition.  I think mine had started to fail long before I replaced them, but I was putting it down, incorrectly, as a characteristic of the car.

Polys were double the cost, but IMHO worth it. Plus its only a 1 off expenditure...   ...and when I scrapped it, the polys came off and winged their way towards another member.

[Doctor Gollum]

And you'll not be doing them again.

No, because I poly'd mine

Mine were 14 years old when I replaced them. There's no way the rest of the car is going to manage another 10 years - 2 or 3 if I'm lucky. So they're a single replacement in the car's lifetime.


Then I'll be looking for a V70, or a manual, petrol Superb estate.

Good luck finding the latter... 

[Nick W]

And you'll not be doing them again.

No, because I poly'd mine

Mine were 14 years old when I replaced them. There's no way the rest of the car is going to manage another 10 years - 2 or 3 if I'm lucky. So they're a single replacement in the car's lifetime.


Then I'll be looking for a V70, or a manual, petrol Superb estate.

Good luck finding the latter... 

Yeah I know. But if I'm honest an Octavia will do just as well, and be a lot easier to find