I've read on Insignia groups that if you press the handbrake button down for about 8 seconds it puts the rear calipers into 'service mode' , which i assume winds the pistons back. I'm just about to do rear discs and pads on my own Insignia today.
@@autosolutionscheckpoint weather great here down on the Ayrshire coast ............It did indeed put the brakes intae service mode mate , the wee brake symbol appeared on the dash. It didn't help much though, if at all , still had to wind the pistons back . I had read this function would do that , what a load o' mince!, not on my 65 reg anyway. However , new pads n discs fitted , so will take it a wee test drive.........past the supermarket ;-) .... might pop in for a couple of bottles of Henry Weston's Cider for tonight lol
@steview9899 everything is trial and error. I done my city & guilds in the late 90s. And just been winging it ever since . Everyday is a school day with Me. UA-cam is great for keeping up to date with the motor industry and modern technology. Weather been beaut here too in queensferry. Enjoy your cider lad. Definitely the weather for it. I'll crack open an ice cold bottle of water because I'm mental and on the hard stuff 🤣🤣🤣
I didn't , but don't think there will be any need to remove the lid IMO , as it was just discs and pads getting changed, the only time I would remove the lid if I needed to bleed the brakes etc . Cheers
Morning Taz Always an early bird on ya jobs. Luv it. Get up, get on wiv it attitude As always informative & interesting seeing how these things are done on various vehicle's. I've never been a fan of this Insignia, don't like the shape. This one looks fairly decent underneath from what I can see, bit of the crusty stuff, but considering your weather in Scotland is worse than we get down ere, not too bad. Keep up the good work Looking forward to seeing the next Seat update. Stay lucky. Stay safe. Stay healthy. Alan L200
Same here. Never been a fan of these myself. I lost interest in vauxhall back when they made the last of the cavaliers. Yeah, it's the customers pride and joy .anything it needs , he's on the ball to get it done . Seat is coming along well. Decided to just sort the very slight play in the steering . Wheels look a million bucks too. Hope your keeping well Mate Taz
I want to remove the the brake calliper piston to re-install the rubber- dust cover, is there any special procedures i shoukd follow since got elecric hand break? Thank you.
I'm not sure as I have never done a caliper rebuild before , I have always either replaced with new off the shelf parts or parts from the scrap yard, I'm sure it would be the same ethics as refurbishing a manual caliper. Sorry I couldn't give you a more definitive answer. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. Thanks ☺️
Sorry it has took so long to reply, unfortunately I didn't get a notification for this. It all really depends on who is doing it , quality level of parts used and time it takes. Not every job is as straight forward. And every garage varies with there hourly rate . Some garages can be £40 +vat per hour , some can be £100+vat per hour. . Thanks
I'm new to your channel 👍I don't want to upset you but you have got to use Silicone Grease on the pin's that have rubber bit's copper Grease eats rubber
Hi Colin, cheers for letting me know , unfortunately I never knew that , when I was doing my city & guilds in the late 90s they never taught us that or even garages I worked at . But take that on board, welcome to my channel , I hope you like it . Taz 😊
Why do you put copper slip on the back when it just makes dirt stick to it ? I understand on the sliding surfaces at the top and bottom of the pad but don’t see any benefit to the back
Hi mate , im not sure. Is your machine up to date ? Is it causing a problem when the car is put back together and out on the Road test? any dash warnings about it ? Pl3ase consider subscribing if you haven't already done so. Cheers 🍻
@@autosolutionscheckpoint ok, gracias, esque tenía duda de los tornillos del porta pinza, porque los tornillos de guía se que son a 30nm, gracias por tu respuesta
Thanks mate, that would explain it, it has a code for glowplug number 2, thankfully it's not the most important one, will relay this back to the customer. He's had that same code for over a year now. Thanks for this. Please consider subscribing if your not already. I try my best to reply to everyone's comments and appreciate the input.💪🤠👌
Yep , i'm on a few Insignia groups and lots of folk don't know that , theyr'e like '' it says 'service Vehicle Soon and it was only serviced 2 months ago''..............unfortunately it need plugged in to find the fault. I had it once ,so plugged in my little V'Gate icar pro scanner (£25.00), it showed as glow plug no 3, thankfully it's the cheap non-sensor glow-plugs on mine , glow plug was £9.00 , job done.
I've read on Insignia groups that if you press the handbrake button down for about 8 seconds it puts the rear calipers into 'service mode' , which i assume winds the pistons back.
I'm just about to do rear discs and pads on my own Insignia today.
I didn't know that mate, let me know how you get on doing it if it works for you etc. Good luck and hope the weather stays good for you 💪🤠👌
@@autosolutionscheckpoint weather great here down on the Ayrshire coast ............It did indeed put the brakes intae service mode mate , the wee brake symbol appeared on the dash.
It didn't help much though, if at all , still had to wind the pistons back .
I had read this function would do that , what a load o' mince!, not on my 65 reg anyway.
However , new pads n discs fitted , so will take it a wee test drive.........past the supermarket ;-) .... might pop in for a couple of bottles of Henry Weston's Cider for tonight lol
@steview9899 everything is trial and error. I done my city & guilds in the late 90s. And just been winging it ever since . Everyday is a school day with Me. UA-cam is great for keeping up to date with the motor industry and modern technology. Weather been beaut here too in queensferry. Enjoy your cider lad. Definitely the weather for it. I'll crack open an ice cold bottle of water because I'm mental and on the hard stuff 🤣🤣🤣
I heard that to
Great clean job , but where can I find Thomas???! Where is it located? Greetings from the Netherlands
Do you open thr brake fluid reservoir when push the calipers open on the front??
Just asking before i start....
I didn't , but don't think there will be any need to remove the lid IMO , as it was just discs and pads getting changed, the only time I would remove the lid if I needed to bleed the brakes etc . Cheers
Nice video mate good job👍
Thanks so much for your feedback mate , please consider subscribing if you are not already . 😊
Morning Taz
Always an early bird on ya jobs. Luv it. Get up, get on wiv it attitude
As always informative & interesting seeing how these things are done on various vehicle's.
I've never been a fan of this Insignia, don't like the shape.
This one looks fairly decent underneath from what I can see, bit of the crusty stuff, but considering your weather in Scotland is worse than we get down ere, not too bad.
Keep up the good work
Looking forward to seeing the next Seat update.
Stay lucky. Stay safe. Stay healthy.
Alan L200
Same here. Never been a fan of these myself. I lost interest in vauxhall back when they made the last of the cavaliers.
Yeah, it's the customers pride and joy .anything it needs , he's on the ball to get it done .
Seat is coming along well. Decided to just sort the very slight play in the steering . Wheels look a million bucks too.
Hope your keeping well Mate
Taz
I want to remove the the brake calliper piston to re-install the rubber- dust cover, is there any special procedures i shoukd follow since got elecric hand break? Thank you.
I'm not sure as I have never done a caliper rebuild before , I have always either replaced with new off the shelf parts or parts from the scrap yard, I'm sure it would be the same ethics as refurbishing a manual caliper. Sorry I couldn't give you a more definitive answer. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. Thanks ☺️
Hi. Could you tell please, why brake calibration is needed? I have seen almost ten videos on brake pads replacing and nobody did calibration.
@buugedy im just being thorough. May not be needed but I prefer to do it that way . Thanks
Did you not need to put the car into service mode because of the electric handbrake , ????
What is a ball park figure for having this exact same job on the exact same car ?
Sorry it has took so long to reply, unfortunately I didn't get a notification for this. It all really depends on who is doing it , quality level of parts used and time it takes. Not every job is as straight forward. And every garage varies with there hourly rate . Some garages can be £40 +vat per hour , some can be £100+vat per hour. . Thanks
I'm new to your channel 👍I don't want to upset you but you have got to use Silicone Grease on the pin's that have rubber bit's copper Grease eats rubber
Hi Colin, cheers for letting me know , unfortunately I never knew that , when I was doing my city & guilds in the late 90s they never taught us that or even garages I worked at . But take that on board, welcome to my channel , I hope you like it .
Taz 😊
Why do you put copper slip on the back when it just makes dirt stick to it ? I understand on the sliding surfaces at the top and bottom of the pad but don’t see any benefit to the back
Just something I've always done , and I was taught this method when I was at college over 100 years ago 🤣. Everyone does things differently
@@autosolutionscheckpoint 😂 that’s fair enough. No harm in it I suppose
mine fails calibration any idea why it would do it? happened after putting the brakes into service mode -__-
Hi mate , im not sure.
Is your machine up to date ? Is it causing a problem when the car is put back together and out on the Road test? any dash warnings about it ? Pl3ase consider subscribing if you haven't already done so. Cheers 🍻
All upto date and service light flashes when at a stop or low speed but have my mot coming up lol have to double pull the button for it to engage
Cuales son el par de apriete de los tornillos de la pinza del freno??
I dont use a torque wrench myself however I would say the insignia should be about 150nm . Thank you
@@autosolutionscheckpoint ok, gracias, esque tenía duda de los tornillos del porta pinza, porque los tornillos de guía se que son a 30nm, gracias por tu respuesta
Seems a lot more simple than I thought, especially as it's an electronically operated handbrake. Don't know why that gives me the fear 🤷🏻😂
diamètre disque frein Opel Insignia A stp👍
I can't remember, there are a choice of 2 different sizes for the rear, these where the larger ones . 315mm . The smaller ones are 292mm . Thanks
@@autosolutionscheckpoint
I thank you👍
service vechical soon on a insignia means there is a fault,,
Thanks mate, that would explain it, it has a code for glowplug number 2, thankfully it's not the most important one, will relay this back to the customer. He's had that same code for over a year now. Thanks for this. Please consider subscribing if your not already. I try my best to reply to everyone's comments and appreciate the input.💪🤠👌
Yep , i'm on a few Insignia groups and lots of folk don't know that , theyr'e like '' it says 'service Vehicle Soon and it was only serviced 2 months ago''..............unfortunately it need plugged in to find the fault.
I had it once ,so plugged in my little V'Gate icar pro scanner (£25.00), it showed as glow plug no 3, thankfully it's the cheap non-sensor glow-plugs on mine , glow plug was £9.00 , job done.
@steview9899 yeah the other type glowplugs are ridiculously priced. You would think they were gold plated 🤣
You should put high temperature paint on the discs to prevent them from rusting.