[Vwdiesel] Volvo brake question

[Dave]

Hi,

   My plan was to temporarily glue the lower pin on the drivers side caliper to be able to drive it someone who could weld it. I don't intend to have my daughter drive it at all. I just wanted to know if people thought that the one lower pin glued in on the one side of the caliper would hold for the distance it would take to get to someone who could weld it. I was thinking I know some one about 10 miles away. I live in small town in the boondocks. So do you guys think that the JB Weld would hold the pin in for that distance, and if it failed what do you think would happen, how much more damage might happen?

Thanks

Dave

--- On Thu, 1/21/10, Jim Arnott <jrasite at eoni.com> wrote:

> From: Jim Arnott <jrasite at eoni.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Volvo brake question
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 11:11 PM
> 
> On 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
> 
> Your daughter's car? Brakes? You even have to ask??
> 
> What Loren said. Go get a caliper. My life could depend on
> it.
> 
> Jim
> 
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