[Vwdiesel] Volvo brake question
Erik Lane
eriklane at gmail.com
Thu Jan 21 19:43:54 PST 2010
What is this "good cast rod" you talk about? I've tried to weld cast iron
before, and I learned why the old timers laughed at me about that. It's
awfully darned hard to do, and I have since learned that there is a special
heat bath treatment to get the whole piece to a very high temperature to
keep the metal from blowing out.
Is there some kind of a stick with special flux or some such that makes it
possible? I had to resort to brazing the piece I was working on, and
thankfully it was in a place that a little reduced strength was not a
problem.
Thanks,
Erik
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 7:10 PM, <lbaird119 at aol.com> wrote:
> For the time it takes to pull two bolts and a brake hose, I'd be more
> inclined to get a used one from a wrecking yard and replace it. If
> you have good cast rod and can weld cast iron then you might have
> luck with that but it's not like it's a shock mount or something that
> won't kill you if it fails. You can Kroil, PB Blaster, etc the stuff
> before
> you go to the yard, then apply it to the bleeder of the replacement
> one, pull the old one and stick in the new fairly quickly. You can make
> sure the bleeder isn't stuck before leaving the yard too. Those
> calipers should be cheap.
> Loren
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