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Never ordered them in the end, wasn't sure and didn't want to risk having to try and return something to eurocarparts (impossible) so I just cleaned them up with a wire brush... Corrosion wasn't that bad afterall!

No they wern't cleaned and greased as I knew I would only be reversing it into the garage until I had new pads! I'll properly clean and grease everything when I put the new pads on. This is probably the issue! Thanks everyone, will report back once new pads are fitted and everything is...

Hi everyone, is there some sort of part number for front brake pads for my 1998 1.8t? Eurocarparts sent me the wrong ones and now I'm worried about ordering unless I'm 100000% sure! Been looking for ages and I'm not sure... Failing part number, a link to some would do! Pagids or mintex would do...

Hi aragorn, yeah its both fronts... Can't get them to turn while its jacked up using moderate force, don't want to try harder in case it comes off its stands! I can't think of any other reason why this would happen :( The pads are in pretty bad condition, fairly heavy scoring etc. Just put...

Scrap that, its the fronts! I changed the discs on the front but not the pads as eurocarparts sent me the wrong ones... could this be what it is? Old pads on new discs? Bearing in mind it hasn't been driven since I changed the parts...

The caliper seems to be moving okay and the pistons were wound back more than enough to make space for the pads and discs... I have a feeling it might be the handbrake failing to release all the way with all that new thickness from pads and discs. Hmm.

Hi all, I just changed my pads and disks all round, the brakes (pretty sure its the rears) are now binding so that I have to give the car a bit of gas to make it move at all... Obviously I don't want to drive it in this condition so I managed to get it into the garage where it will stay for...

Hi all, looked through the brake sticky but couldn't find anything about this... I want to change the solid brake lines on the rear as they are corroded and got an advisory on the car's last MOT, plus I am doing pads and discs so it seems like a good thing to do at the same time! What should I...

There was a slight knock when I test drove it when it went over speed humps or turned very sharply... Unfortunately I had to take it off the road while I'm fixing it up so I can't drive it around to test these things thoroughly which is annoying! Thanks though, new top mount bearings are now on...

Hi everyone, Recently got an 1998 A3 1.8t with 165k on the clock nice and cheap! Currently sorting out any niggles in the history and generally making it safe and roadworthy... Bear with me as this is my first car and I am currently going up a steep learning curve identifying and fixing its...

Great, all sounds good. Changing the filters and fluids you mentioned, is that an easy job with a Haynes manual and some common sense? What about changing pads and disks?

Great, thanks everyone, I'll put them on as soon as I get them then. I can see I have a steep learning curve ahead of me with my first car... Time to start buying 2nd hand tools, haynes manuals and honing my engineering common sense! Next up is an advisory about a slight movement in the...

Thanks very much guys, will run around for a few days and see how that affects them. Also bought a full set of disks and pads from eurocarparts while they are cheap, gonna need them eventually anyway! Cheers again, Ben

Hi all, first post here, just got myself an A3 1.8T. It's a bit of a dog but the engine runs and it goes somewhere, for the price I paid for it thats all I care about at the moment! However the brakes look pretty knackered to me, the corrosion looks pretty bad but as this is my first car I...