So my front brakes are badly in need of new pads/rotors. The driver's side Bendix caliper also seems to be seized at the bottom slider pin (both pistons seem to be compressing fine). Not bad for being 31 years old!

Went to go take the caliper off today to put a new one on, but just could not remove it with the two hoses connecting to the caliper. Spent hours trying to figure this damn thing out to no avail. Tried looking up various videos/how-to guides, but only found instructions for calipers with a single brake line.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

 

you need new hoses anyways, those are shot. you might check 240 howtos, as that setup looks more like a 240. non-ABS cars have dual circuits to the front brakes, ABS cars (most 740/940 after 19??) have single circuits.

 

the 3rd picture is really fuzzy, but those loops on the nut side of the fitting look like keepers, they should unsnap somehow, so you can turn those nuts and remove the hoses. soak the nuts on both ends with lots of AeroKroil or PB Blaster.

you don't give the location, but that looks like it must be from the rust belt. that level of corrosion scares me.

 

Thanks for the info, guys. This brake job has been quite a headache starting with ordering the wrong rotors at first.

Already have new brake hoses on the way too.

Definitely right in the middle of the rust belt here in Western NY. Gotta love the salt and snow!

 

oh, if you damage the hard lines doing this, note they are copper-nickle, this is pretty widely available ... also called Cunifer, NiCopp, and other such things. DO NOT USE PLAIN COPPER, it hardens and gets brittle with vibration. copper-nickel bends easily with a tube bender, bubble flare the ends with a suitable tool, etc.

 

I just did mine as well,The pads wouldnt fit but with a wire wheel/grinder on the bracket I got it fixed. A hassle but doable. Funny you mention getting the wrong rotors because it took the auto part place 3 times for me as well and they still didn't get the rear calipers! Damn advanced auto seems a tad less than ADVANCED! Have fun n good luck!

 

Same here! I ordered rotors three times. The second time I asked the rep on the phone and when I went to pick them up at AutoZone, they were the wrong ones. Went across the street and ordered them from Advance. Picked them up a few days later and they were the right ones.

Did the whole caliper and brake hoses yesterday. The bottom slider pin on the new caliper was too long for the bolt to tighten on the bottom to the bracket. I had to hammer out the old one on the bad caliper, which was actually the part that had seized. Turns out that was slightly smaller and enough for the bolt to tighten to the bracket. Had to grease it up and make sure that It slid around first. Had me really nervous and really frustrated because that would've been the cherry on top after the rotor headache.

Then, I did the starter, which was such a PITA. Thankfully, I had the M46 gearbox and it's a bit easier to maneuver around with those two bolts. Took me over a week to get the right parts and fix it.

So, my day was fun.

Thanks for all the help though, guys!

 

I get Volvo parts from a Volvo parts specialist like FCP Euro or IPDusa.

 

Did all four calipers on my 740 last year with all of the brake hoses. All of the hoses were seized on the caliper and the hard lines. Some penetrating oil on the hard lines got 3/4 of the suckers, had to cut the last one. I said "screw it" and cut the rubber lines on the caliper end and placed the caliper in a vice and loosened the lines from there.
The next issue I had was I broke one of the hoses off inside of the extensions. You do need the extensions to properly tighten the hoses to the caliper. Ordered two new ones, in case I screwed up again, and bled the system. Stops just fine.
Damn calipers I kept getting from the local parts store had seized caliper slide pins. I just ordered all of the calipers within the area and took the ones that weren't seized.