[Vwdiesel] Volvo brake question

Dave vwzoo at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 21 14:36:30 PST 2010


Hi,

    This isn't a VW question, but I thought I would ask your advice. I replaced the brake pads on my daughers 1990 Volvo 240. The front brakes are Girling type brakes. I don't know if any of you are familiar, I remember my 81 Vanagon had them. I was trying to remove the pins to replace the pads. The passenger side no problem, the drivers side the bottom just wouldn't come out. I tried heat, liquid wrench and kept trying and then I realized that the corner of metal that the whole that the pin slid through cracked and fell off. Here is the question. My daughter doesn't have the money to take this to a mechanic. She only paid $500 for the car. I rightfully should replace the caliper, but it looks tougher then what I want to do with it being Winter with an unheated garage and then trying to bleed the brakes with old rusty bleeders that I have had snapped off other times I have attempted on other old cars.  So I was thinking of putting JB weld on it to hold
 it in place and drive it to someone that can weld it. Do you guys think that would be safe and would I cause more damage.

Thanks

Dave


      


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