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Brake bleeding problem - resolved 200

posted by  someone claiming to be nate on  Sun Jul 10 14:44 CST 2005 [RELATED]

Good news for a change. I wrote a few weeks ago about brakes that would just not bleed (clearly not the daily driver) after replacing the front calipers and master cylinder. After 2 gallons of brake fluid and two weekends of cursing, I ran across Skip's message from April about mismatched calipers from the rebuilder. Sure enough, there was one dimple on the top of the outboard half and a dimple on the bottom end of the inboard half. A driver's side outboard half had been mated with a passenger side inboard half. Replacing that caliper worked like a charm.

Symptoms were: low pedal that felt "somewhat" bled when the car was off
pedal sinking quick to the floor with any help from the booster
brake warning light coming on at bottom of stroke

Thank you to Skip for that post...it put this car back on the road, and to others who responded with advice.

Volvo karma being what it is, three weeks of struggling with brakes was rewarded with a smooth strut/shock/spring job.

-nate






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