Front caliper brake hose

[go-for-it1]

Anybody know whether there is a washer on the bolt holding the hydraulic brake hose to the caliper on 2004 Mk5 GTTDi?

[Crasher]

Yes there is one either side of the fitting but you cannot buy the bolt or the washers from VW so we re-use the bolt (carefully cut the old washers off) and fit copper washers.

[go-for-it1]

Thanks for that Crasher, that could present a problem if the washers cannot be sourced from VW! I can get some copper ones from work but I would need to know the ID and OD and thickness and I don't want to take the originals off until I have all the bits. Any idea on the sizes of the washers matey or if they can be sourced elsewhere?

[Crasher]

The banjo bolt is M10 and has a shoulder under the head before the fluid passage under cut which is 9.9-mm in dia so a washer with an ID of 10-mm minimum would be needed. The copper washers we use have an ID of 10.30-mm an OD of 14.88 and are 1.7-mm thick, so they are slightly baggy on the OE banjo. These are what the Goodridge hoses use so we have a bag full as people lose them.

[go-for-it1]

Perfect, thanks Crasher.