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My 1996 A4 just failed its MOT on the front upper ball joints, both sides. Decided to have a go myself despite ominous warnings about the infamous "pinch bolts" that drive people mad. Anyway, pinch bolts were OK with a breaker bar and some penetrating oil. However, on A4 you have to take the...

I am glad I listened to the advice on the calipers or I think I'd still have been at it on the Sunday and missed all the tennis ! For the ABS ring I was a bit worried about using superglue, but then I remembered that it was invented by NASA to hold the space shuttle heat protection tiles on...

Just to complete the story, here is the finished job I took the caliper bracket with the seized guide pin and sawn off mounting bolt to a local garage and for a fiver he got them out - the pin by drilling from the other side and hitting it out. He said not to worry about the hole left, just...

Sorry, a couple more questions if I may. Eventually managed to get the other caliper holder off - cut two holes in the disc to be able to get it past the caliper holder and then sawed the retaining bolt off. So the situation is that the rear right side is the one where one pad was down to the...

Great. Thanks for all the help. I've managed to get the bolt out by drilling the head with a 9m drill bit :D - the rounded hex hole was a perfect pilot hole ! Once I got into it, the head just tapped away and after removing the hub nut I could get the whole lot off. The petrol tank is in the...

Have managed to identify the correct bearings from the vagcat parts catalog. Just wondering, if I manage to get it all apart which type of grease to use on which bit. I understand I need silicone grease for the caliper slide pins, copper grease for the back of the pads, not sure about the...

They probably did - I bought the car new in 1996 and haven't seen any reason to change it yet !

Haven't got the new disc yet as haven't got the old one off yet to see if I need new ABS ring or not. (waiting for my bolt extractor to arrive...) It was just that I saw a post here where it looked like you have to take the hub nut off and the bearing is attached to the disc. Car has been...

The next complication seems to be that you have to remove the hub nut to take the disc off. It looks like the bearing is part of the disc itself ? Does that sound right ?

Treated myself to a Clarke 240v impact driver for £70 and an 8mm 1/2 inch hex bit and it did the trick on the bottom bolt. Unfortunately the top one is no good - I don't know the term for it but its the equivalent of the thread being stripped, the hex hole is rounded and the key just turns...

Thanks for all your advice. Will try my blowtorch when it stops raining. I'm right in thinking you heat the bracket, not the bolt ? May also treat myself to an impact driver. Have been wanting one for a while and I didn't get anything for father's day :roll: Once I've bought all that and...

Thanks. Hadn't thought about it possibly being splines, but just checked and it's hex. At least the lower one is: not sure what you'd call the upper exactly.... If I grind the bolt head off, would the carrier knock out and then I just get a new carrier or manage to extract the studs...

It looks like it's going to be a bad job - the calliper carrier bolts are completely rusted and seized. I've soaked them in WD40 and left an hour and am hitting an 8mm allen key with a club hammer, but it's just bouncing. One of them also looks like the internal hex socket is already mushed...

Yes, it's an audi a4 2.6 petrol 1996 that I have had since new ! Trying to order discs now, but the web site gives option with and without ABS rings. Do I need the ABS ring option or just the disc ?

Car started making a grinding noise when braking and when I took the rear pads off I saw this: The one on the right is from the inner side. When I last checked them I only checked the outer one as it's easily visible. Didn't realise the inner one might be so different in terms of wear...

We have a John Lewis condenser dryer model JLTDC05 which has just started acting up now we are back from a holiday with piles of washing. It goes for a bit then stops and opens the door and beeps with a message E50 flashing on the display. Any ideas ? It's probably over 5 yrs old and I...

Thanks. It's what I thought as well, but the battery web site replied just saying remove both bungs. I guess I'll leave them both out just in case there is some kind of central divider that stops one side connecting with the other.

Yes, I've done that, but I am not holding my breath for a reply and was hoping this would be an easy question for the forum. The battery is a Varta E11 so very common and nothing unusual.

Just got a new battery for the wife's car and it has a warning label on it saying remove bung(s) immediately. Battery web site says "remove these immediately". However, I am wondering if I really need to remove both of them or just one - the car has a battery breather tube that fits into the...

Thanks Monkeh. I was trying to to work out the safest option. I guess with that setup the earth is protecting against the UK mains getting in contact with the box; if one of the appliance phases touches the case then nothing much happens as there is no earth route back to the secondary, but...