Giving a 405 Sport Wagon another chance

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Thanks Mike.

Today I installed front caliper seal kit,replaced engine oil and filter,replaced belt and pullyes and swapped back to MI16 front C.V axles. I also performed full inspection and everything looks great and no oil or coolant leaks :-)

I failed to install GTI6 brakes today because they don't fit :-( everything bolts up just fine,however with calipers mounted to knuckle it's pushing caliper 10mm forward which makes brake pad not to contact brake rotor for about 10mm. 

Solution for this problem is most likely 306 GTI knuckle. I'll report back when I get them.

Picture below is GTI6 rotor next to 405 rotor. Mine definitely looks like it has been below service limit for some time,curtesy of previous owner!!!

1-24-2017

SRDT is correct on 306 knuckles,lower ball joint set up is different different then 405 ball joints.

I'll play with this by end of the week and try to come up with the solution!

1-25-2017

Finally had some free time to rebuild these rear calipers. It definitely was not fun but second one was lot easier. I also found on RockAuto new bleeder screws,caliper slide pin bolts and slide pin boots and they were unbelievably affordable.