Guest ACJ Posted February 21, 2008 Have done all the front shocks and track rod ends - now working toward the rear brakes ! One or two Q's for your superior knowledge............... I have a 1990 G plate 1.6 205 GTi will I need the Bendix or Girling systems at the rear ? how easy are they to get to ? the process for changing safely ? what sort of time will it take ? anything else to look out for whilst doing the job ? ta Adam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,657 Posted February 21, 2008 I can't remember what the gti has offhand cylinder wise, but there's not much else you'd need apart from some brake fluid. you need to remove the rear drums to get at them, time depends on whether the unions and fixings want to come out of the cylinder easily, and how much of a lip there is on the drum. you should replace the hub nuts, but you can get away with swapping them from side to side as the part that's been staked in normally ends up in a different place. its good practice to strip the self-adjusting mechanism and handbrake lever (on the shoes) and rebuild it with a light coating of anti-seize. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 244 3 Cars Posted February 24, 2008 1.6 GTi rear drum braks are usually Girling. http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=86439 Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ACJ Posted February 27, 2008 Thanks guys for the advice; the garage is doing the brake lines for me as I just don't have the time/ramp/experience to do this, only 1 rear cylinder is weaping so that will all done after that. Also even though it is out of the 10 day window he won't charge me for the re test !!! After buying car with 106k miles for £700 and then; new front shocks new track rod ends new brake lines throughout new rear cylinder new MOT and a few more bits and a clean I should have the 205 back to use again PS anyone care to put a value on car with all this work carried out ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
