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Lube those slider pins!
Posted by Pigeon (more from Pigeon) on Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:45:47
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or, do as I say, not as I do! The parking brake on my '94 9k CSE nonturbo stopped working - it pulled all the way to the stop and no or very little effect. I knew from inspecting the rear pads a couple of months ago that they were fairly thin then so I figured they were worn out completely (even though the rears made no noise) and I went ahead and ordered new pads from Todd at eeuroparts.com. I go to install them Saturday and upon removing the wheel find that the pads are in fine shape with about 1/2 of the material remaining. So, I pull the slider pins and find them caked with a silvery gummy substance which I presume was grease at one point. I cleaned them with an old scotchbrite kitchen scrubber sponge, lubed with Volvo hitemp disc brake grease (I still have it from my old car) and reinstalled them and adjusted the pad clearance with the 4mm allen screw. Lo and behold the parking brake works! Now I have a nice set of asbestos brake pads taking up shelf space in the garage, waiting for the old ones to be worn out.
By the way, is it just me or are the rear pads on a 9000 really, really small? Seems to me that on such a large, relatively heavy car you'd want a bit more pad back there. Probably explains why I can pull the parking brake at 15mph and the car very slowly comes to a stop - not much braking force there.
Scott
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