[Vwdiesel] Volvo brake question

[mark shepherd]

I think a temporary fix shold be fine.
I think this because, if the caliper is like the VW ones, the lower part of 
the calliper hooks into the bracket, and cannot rotate about your remaining 
bolt. Secondly, if the braking system is like the vw stuff, then should the 
whole lot snap off and plunger pop out, the other 'duel circuit' will stop 
you safely.
Not suggesting this will replace a fix naturally....

Mark

Did you hear about the chap with poor rear brakes, who eventuallly found 
they had been shut off by inserting nails into the hydraulic lines, to 
overcome leaking slaves IIRC....   }8~)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave" <vwzoo at yahoo.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Volvo brake question



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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