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Originally Posted by tykey
I've just done mine, and was confused by this. Even with new shoes, and when tightened, you can still rotate the wheel a bit.
Remember the pads tighten up in the drums, but aren't fixed to the hub in any way and still rotate a bit with the drum until it reaches the "stop". When the wheel is still jacked up you can rotate the wheel each way about 20deg until it hits the stop with a clunk.
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Every Volvo I've ever owned has had this movement with the handbrake on. The first one, the 245, I took apart and replaced the shoes but I noticed that they were designed to have that play. My assumption is that it's so that the car's can be rocked to free the shoes if they freeze to the drums.
My XC90 is just the same as all the others as regards the movement.