[Vwdiesel] Volvo brake question

[James Hansen]

So by "corner of metal the pin slid through" you mean the bushing side of
the girling caliper assembly, or the caliper bracket itself, not the caliper
part that has the pistons in it that you would remove to replace pads?  If
it's the side with the bushings in it, they unbolt with 2 8mm bolts IIRC
(18mm wrench) from the spindle.  You can take that to be repaired and leave
the car behind.
As to welding. Hmm. Depends which side has the load. I wouldn't trust
someone else's weld, but I might mine.  New for the 97 Passat, those
ignorant brackets were over a hundred each, and are doomed to fail because
of the size of the bushing, and location in the muck and salt in winter.  I
service the pins and bushings every other year to be sure they don't seize,
or they will for certain on the lower pin closest to the road.
Used brackets for a Volvo should be plentiful. Good ones maybe not, as the
size of the bushing is tiny, it wears quite quickly.
Glue in the pin and drive it? No. That would be uncomfortably akin to queing
up for the Darwin award.
It's easily removable, take an accurate center to center measurement of the
pins along. 
Did you try the bleed screw?  If it doesn't break off, you're set, just take
the stuff off, and go get it welded. If it breaks off, then it gets better
and better...
Jb weld will make welding tougher too.
-james

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> On Behalf Of Dave
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 4:37 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Volvo brake question
> 
> 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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