The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Silly brake question 120-130 1967

uid 779's pic
posted by  matt b on  Sat May 14 01:37 CST 2005
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Tue Oct 14 16:33 CST 2014
[RELATED]

You nailed that right about the old Jags... Over-engineering does not make good engineering. But they sure made a fine motor... and of course don't forget the achingly beautiful bodywork (albeit of shoddy construction).

As for my comment on the brake bits... If them parts are new, they surely were lubed prior to assembly. Check if you want, but if the piston moves freely in the bore, I stick with saying its fine to just pop on the car. I've never taken apart a new or professionally rebuilt hydraulic part, and I've never had one fail.

What I *have* done is wrecked a seal trying to install a rebuild kit by simply not being able to get the seal past the groove where the C-clip lives, and ended up pinching a tiny bit of it right off... Granted, that was not on a Volvo. I've never had a problem with that on Volvos.



--
-Matt I ♥ my ♂






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.