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

[james accordino]

If you're gonna bleed them anyway, why not just remove
the bleed screw?  That way you wouldn't force the
fluid back up the system and could clean up the
threads of the bleed screw as well.  Ever had a
"welded" in bleed screw break off?  I have more than a
few times.  Sucks.

Jim Accordino

--- Duncan Thomson <duncan at systemcontrols.co.nz>
wrote:
> 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
> > --
> > ----
> > "They that give up essential liberty to obtain
> temporary
> > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben
> Franklin
> > http://www.users.cloud9.net/~brett/
> > http://www.apple.com/switch/
>


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