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hi all, I hope somepone can help, I need to replace the rear brakes on my MK4 estate. I'm clear on what to do with the exception of the brake pad retaining clips. I have bought genuine parts, two of these clips are rubber coated, the other two are just plain metal. Where exactly do the...

I did a complete set of brakes on the 5 door so here are the guides. The rear caliper was 'interesting' in that the RH one turned opposite to expected/instructed so I supposed be wary of the official advice out there. The fronts I bodged with the hammer & screwdriver trick, better with a tool...

I had car checked out by a non ford garage a few days ago, have noise from rear, anyway wheel bearing gone on passenger side and brakes pads were checked as well. It was pointed out that the pads on one wheel, rear on drivers side were a lot thinner than on passenger side. I am thinking of...

Hi All, Anyone got any idea what size brake pads I need for the front of my Ford Mondeo 2002 Estate? I've put my details into Eurocarparts and it's coming up with 3 different sizes (width and height - does the thickness matter?). I'm going outside now to see if I can measure but incase I get...

My rear discs and pads finally need replacing. I bought the car at 50,000 miles and they may be the first change of the discs. My front discs and pads were changed at 108,000 miles. I ma looking for a good brand of disc to use for the replacement. When I used to change my own discs in the...

Hi everyone, I have a 2003 Ford Focus Mk1 1.6, I wanted to get my brakes changed but i don't know which brands are the best for my style of driving. I'm a very, let's say aggressive driver, and I harsh brake and wheel spin occasionally so I wouldn't want my brakes to catch fire. I was looking...

Hi All, I'm going to be replacing all my braked pads & discs in the next few days and was wondering weather it's a left or right handed wind back tool i need to wind the calipers back on my Mondeo? 2008 2.0TDCi 140BHP Hatchback Thanks!

Hi all, So after a short journey i could smell a burning smell, i got out and found the rear wheel (brake disk) was very hot. I assumed the pads were sticking a bit and might need to change the pads and take a look at the callipers maybe the handbrake cable but on the next journey the back...

I saw a video which says that you have to align the cut out notch on the piston (used to rewind it) with the small notch on the back of the brake pad when refitting. Is this the case? I don't see anything about aligning the piston a certain way with the brake pads on the wiki ford how to guide???

hi i was wondering if it would be worth while rebuilding my rear brake calipers? my fronts where new a month before i got the car so they are fine. before the mot there i was going to change the hand brake cable as i thought it was stretched or something as handbrake was not working,took it...