Say it is so (front pads and rotors on 95 90 sport q)

[Duncan Thomson]

I heard about this when one of the guys here at work drove away from a
car service and was forced to brake hard to avoid another vehicle. His
car swerved violently to the right (towards oncoming traffic here in
NZ)... he came out of that one unscathed, and went straight back to the
manager of the garage, and he found a monkeylad had left the visegrips
attached...!

I very much doubt anyone would manage to repeat that little beauty, but
makes a good story...

I'd be more wary of causing damage to the brake hose, even if well
protected the crushing could be an issue...
Still if your brake hoses are relatively new, then I guess it would be
okay, but I'd expect it to reduce their life expectancy...

just my 2c

Duncan

p.s. Yes I have done it once myself, and suffered no ill effects...
caliper was coming off for a rebuild so I thought I'd try it...
so I guess it's something I would maybe do, but probably not recommend
to others...

> At 6:00 PM -0700 10/22/02, james accordino wrote:
> >Yes, it's just that easy.  If you're going to bleed
> >them anyway (I KNOW you are) just crack the bleed
> >valves and you can push the pistons in with your hand.
>
> Little tip I've been passing along since I found it over on one of
> the Volvo mailing list FAQs....
>
> ...clamp the brake line with a hose clamp or a pair of vise
> grips(with a hose over the jaws to protect the brake line.)
>
> Why?
>
> It keeps all the crap that's inside the caliper out of:
> -the proportioning valve
> -the ABS unit
> -the master cylinder
>
> Basically, it keeps the overall "flow" of fluid over its life one
> way- reservoir to caliper and out of the car.
>
> The volvo guys swear it reduces MC failures and such- sounds like a
> great idea to me. Only caveat is to make sure you protect the line.
>
> Brett
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