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a couple 940 brake tips... 900

I recently did the brakes and rotors on my 1995 940... and found a couple of tricks that might be of help to anyone doing the same job.

One of the hardest procedures I found was pressing back the caliper pistons while expelling the excess fluid out the bleeder valve. It seemed like even with 100 + pounds of pushing with pliers that the piston scarcely budged. Brake fluid would come out and then bubbles in the plastic hose connected to the bleeder would back up to the caliper. Very frustrating.

Solution: I simply wedged a 6" piece of wooden 2 x 4 into the caliper space and used a carpenter's pry bar to lever back the piston. This made it extremely easy with the piston now quickly sliding back and brake fluid gushing out.

Also I had a problem with trying to control the spilling brake fluid, getting it to stay directed into a jar from the plastic hose connected to the bleeder. The plastic hose seemed to spray around all over as it revolved to open and close positions. Solution was to simply tape a plastic zip-lock baggie onto the end of the 10" plastic hose connected to the bleeder valve. Then it can spin around and around without any spillage, and it's easy to inspect it the old fluid for debris.






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New a couple 940 brake tips... [900]
posted by  Peter Penguin  on Sun Aug 1 09:39 CST 2004 >


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