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I just did my front brakes for the first time after 12 years and 149k. Nothing of note other than the caliper pins were bone dry. You'd never be able to tell they had grease at all. Needless to say, I ran them in and out of the bushings a bunch to spread the new grease around. I think I...

I set about replacing the rear brake pads on my 2001 tonight. I was able to get the bolts out of the caliper guide pins on each side; but the top caliper guide pins on each side will not come out of the mounting bracket. They will turn but will not come out. I tried giving them a dose of...

I am planning to replace my front and rear brakes on my 2001 4-motion wagon. I've watched several youtube vids and noticed I got a piece of conflicting information. One video said the caliper pins could be removed with a T45 Torx bit and another said to use a 7mm hex bit. Which is it? Can I...

Hi there guys, recently someone had crashed into my front bumper and I had to repaint the chips and scratches and in the process of I had forgotten that the plastic fasterners that hold the license plate mount to the bumper have pins in the center to remove them and I broke them. I can't seem to...

2002 passat 1.8t manual 202k miles So, I bought struts about a year ago and never got around to installing them. Yesterday, I got the passenger's side done no problem. I got nearly done with the driver's side until I ran into a problem: I can't for the life of me get the upper control arm...

Trying to find any reference to the pins a MFSC (Steering Wheel Control) adapter would use going from the single din to a new Sony DVD aftermarket install on a 2001.5 Passat GLX. Metra Axxess says they have not tested their adapter with these cars. (The 2001.5 seems to be a mix of old B5 and...

Hey guys I'm new to PassatWorld and to car maintenance, so thought I'd share my experiences today with doing a brake service on a 1.8 20v B5. Rear disc/pad replacement went pretty smoothly. My friend came who is an experienced motor mechanic. The process seemed really straightforward, and he...

does anybody know how to remove pins from a wiring harness without buying the tool? If so please let me know. Thanks

Just got my SCAT rods 144//20 mm wrist pins . I have a ATW engine( project) i did a lot research it was.... ONLY AEB have 20 mm wrist pins all others 19mm so i went to local junk yard get AEB pistons ,bring thim home and i find out they are same as mine atw.. both sets fit scat road AEB and ATW...

Sorry - I searched, really...how do you install the freakin' chrome Skoda door lock pins without scratching them up?

does any one know the thread about removing the terminal pin with home made tools i put in the pin and the wire decided to come out

Ok so I know this has probably been around a gazillion times and I do believe I can even recall seeing it on PW at some point in the past (so poke away) but could someone please either point me in the right direction or tell me the correct way to remove the factory door lock pins I would greatly...

Just a simple reminder...my rear brakes never wear out...got over 70K on the current pads (which I last replaced just for the hell of it), and the pads still look good as new (Fronts were falling out of the calipers). But I took the pads out to check the guide pins again. HOLY MOTHER OF GOD...

I am trying to track down a wiring short in my door. along the way, I found some broken insulators for the wiring. I want to remove the pins from the connecting blocks (specifically in the door-to-B-pillar) so I can heatshrink wrap it. But I can't figure out how to remove them there is a pic...

I have a munched up rear caliper pin on my 2001 6v30v. :banghead: parts places seem to only sell a whole kit for about 100B's. :mad: i know some of you guys have after market brake kits. can some one sell me their oem caliper pins or direct me to a parts supplier for this. thanks , T66

Do the front caliper guide pins in the rubber guide bushes need lubing? Or do they just run dry? Cheers steve

has anyone ever replaced the door pins? i bought them because they were cheap and i was thinking i could pop it off, but now it looks like the interior/hinge needs to come off.. which is fine, but if anyone's done it before it'd be nice to get some steps before i just attack it ;)

Ok I pulled apart my dash to do the mod for the rear gog lights and I realized I need the pins for the dash connector and the light connector. Does anyone have a part number or a place I can buy the pins?