One tip when cleaning and pushing piston back is to refit into the caliper the lower slide pin, but into to top slide pin position. The caliper is then held firm and no chance of stressing the flexible brake hose.
@@PDPPerformance Me too, I have Brilliant Black on my Audi A1 as well. Beautiful color but the paint scratches so easily, so many swirls and circles. 😭How do you deal with it? What wax do you use? Can you make a video about it? Thanks!
Been looking at this for the hex size to remove the slide bolts on caliper I’ve tried Allen keys but just turns as the actual bolt is like a star shape anyone have the exact name for the bit? Seen someone said H7 7mm but google it and doesn’t look like the same shape to fit in
One tip when cleaning and pushing piston back is to refit into the caliper the lower slide pin, but into to top slide pin position. The caliper is then held firm and no chance of stressing the flexible brake hose.
Great Video. What size Hex Socket did you use for the front caliper?
Waiting for the answer to this too!
In case anyone else is looking is was an 8mm on 2011 A1
Great video! Is your Audi A1 paint color "Brilliant Black" or "Mythos Black"?
BRILLIANT BLACK
@@PDPPerformance Me too, I have Brilliant Black on my Audi A1 as well. Beautiful color but the paint scratches so easily, so many swirls and circles. 😭How do you deal with it? What wax do you use? Can you make a video about it? Thanks!
In Progress...
How can you produce a video and not mention the Hex size ?????
7mm
Brilliant made that look real easy👍🏽
Been looking at this for the hex size to remove the slide bolts on caliper I’ve tried Allen keys but just turns as the actual bolt is like a star shape anyone have the exact name for the bit? Seen someone said H7 7mm but google it and doesn’t look like the same shape to fit in
It appears to be a H7 hex 7mm allen key socket you need
Hex key for a brake caliper. What were they thinking ??
Cos we've all got allen keys that are long enough for the torque
For the 2011 A1 it was an 8mm for me
Great job!! Thank you very much for your help. Do you think opening the brake fluid lid is helpful, or not needed at all?
Sure that’s an additional safety part of the job
So you should open the brake fluid cap when doing this?
What's that brown paste you used for the brake discs?
Copper paste
Where exactly do you place the axle stand?
is it 30 Nm ?
What socket size ?