Volvo 480 Club Europe

Hi all

got out at half 6 this morning and heated the beast up but when i went to move off o found the handbrake was frozen on:(

well tried anyway to shift it (tried alllsorts)well it didnt shift so i drove off anyway (or tried anyway)didnt get much more than 3rd but that was trying very hard.

got up the road(slowly)and picked up a mate and saw the discs glowing and producing a stench.

fiddled with the handbrake lever some more and it came free?

could i have caused any problems or damage to the rear wheels etc(discs caliper etc etc?????????

it all seem well again bar the odd drift of brake stink which is lingering about.

cheers all

sg

I reckon your pads will be the worse for wear. You should be able to see if there's any damage to the discs. How long were you driving with the handbrake on?

Hi all

brasco i only went up into whitehill(round a few corners from me:)


the discs look ok and so far she drives ok and brakes still work as good as before and so does the handbrake.

it was up in white hill when it let go.

im planning on painting the calipers green so im gonna check it soonish and do both little jobs:)


just let a fellow 480 owner (another black es)but abit worse for wear(not tooo rusty though) but nice lady,so i hope we have another punter look in here as i gave her the url.


im personnally acting in a save the 480 style:):)any i find i give them the url so they can fix up there 480`s.

sg

tonight im having it in gear,sod the HB:)