egads (she/her)
Yeah, DIY pressure bleeder was a great rainy day project with Bunnings bits
Anthony
240s with triangulated brake lines are best bled in the specific order according to the manual.
Also with the front caliper there are 2 nipples, so you open both to bleed at the same time.
The rears can be easy or hard i have found. If difficult to get a decent flow (in neutral or park with wheels chocked) I start the engine and press the pedal to get a good oomph through the line - as the fluid to each rear line first goes through its own pressure limiting valve.
jamesinc
I put copper grease on moving parts (other than the pad faces, obviously), esp the pins and pistons, copper grease is happy with brake temps and stops things binding.
Anthony
Even better is
Volvo PTFE silicon grease (teflon laden grease) - its a white film.
# 1161688 = 50 ml tube - its expensive ($42 dealer price @Sept 2016), available overnight from Volvo Aust.) but it will last the home user for many years as a thin smear goes a long way, and being a very special product would suit many other home uses where a clean & thin grease is desired.
Major Ledfoot
Anthony;85679 wrote
# 1161688 = 50 ml tube - its expensive ($42 dealer price @Sept 2016) ....
This is why I get very upset with Australian <strike>stealers</strike> dealers and avoid doing business with them, because it does not have to be so expensive.
http://www.volvopartswebstore.com/products/Silicone-grease/10108823/1161688.html
Yep, $14.44 USD.
Worth adding to the list next time you're doing an overseas parts order.
familyman
Hm... Rotors replaced today. The brake place that supplies my mechanic with brake bits said RDA was the only brand he could get that still does rotors. Cheap enough at $50 each, but not overjoyed about it and wonder if it's accurate.
Vee_Que
The newer rdas are fine for anyone who doesn't race track thier cars, especially for non slotted rotors. To worry further about them is a waste of time, especially for the cost given a skim costs $30 each disc....
familyman
$30... LOL, I wish. It used to be about that. But I forget the price they told me for a skim now, but it's in crazy territory. I mentioned SCA quoted me about $90 each for Bosch rotors. Mechanic said he'd see what he could get them for. I think he then said a skim would cost only about $15 less than that SCA Bosch price! Then when they got the RDA rotors for a bit under $50 each... that wiped skimming as an option. They used to have a small ancient bench-mounted brake lathe. Maybe they got rid of that and bought some fancy on-car lathe, and recovering the cost, not sure.
The bearings turned out to be the wrong type, grr... So they just greased the old ones to drive home on. The RDA rotors started the QFM pads 'singing' 1/3 of the way home. With good shims. So antisqueal goes in once the new bearings arrive.
jamesinc
I wish my lathe was larger, I could totally skim discs for cheap.
Vee_Que
Are you sure they are bedded in correctly? Pads will squeel regardless of anti squeel shims if not bedded in right. Or if the pads suck..
familyman
Hm... I don't remember seeing them drive it out of the complex to bed them in... Will do that again. Thanks.
Pads were the more expensive that QFM sell (Euro).
Vee_Que
I've never used qfm, so cost isn't really the relevancy, bedding in when pads are fitted is very important
