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Re: [T3] brakes




Jim Adney wrote:

> On 31 Jan 2002, at 8:58, Schwein, William wrote:
>
> > Also with everyone's talk about brakes, mine seem to be very weak
> > this morning.
>
> The first thing to check would be the pads. If they are worn thin then they
> may be bottomed out on the spreader springs and this will make them
> "weak."

Speaking of pads, another thing to keep in mind is the quality of pads. THis
will be more consistent, and not appear one fine morning but still... I had
some cheap FLAPS pads on the front end of my square, and they were just too
hard. I replaced them with genuine ATE pads and the car had a lot more stopping
power.

One thing to keep in mind, that I regularly remind the list of, is that for us
late owners, pads will hardly be any problem getting. The pads on the front end
of our cars are the same as used on the rear axle all 1975-1990 Volvo 240
series cars.

PerL
73 Variant L

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