Friday, April 26, 2024

Stopping power

One of the first projects I want to tackle is on our 2015 Volvo S60 T5 Premiere.  She needs some new brakes pads and rotors.  Along the way I also plan on replacing the lug bolts as well as anything else that I determine needs looking at upon inspection.  I also plan to clean up the brake areas very well and get rid of as much old dusting as possible.

Found a good video for replacing the fronts which are the ones I am going to start with:


As far as parts go I plan on using FCPeuro for their lifetime guarantee and am leaning towards either the Akebonno or Bosch kits both of which come with Zimmerman coated rotors.




Bleeding the Brakes...Again

 Found this video showing me this nifty little item that will allow me to bleed brakes on our euro's by myself.  No more looking for som...