Replacing front brake disc shields

[griston64]

Originally Posted by loki_the_glt

After ordering and recieving both a set of Laser Socket Cap removal bits, and a set of twist bits I returned to the fray this morning, tackling the nearside set-up as it's easier to access when the car's parked in its usual spot.

Jack up, remove wheel, prop up on axle stand - all ticks.

Undo bolts for caliper slides, with no need for twist bits - ticks.

Remove pads and put caliper out of harm's way - ticks.

Remove caliper yoke bolts - pass the Laser bits please. Application of breaker bar to socket and the yoke bolts budged - more ticks.

Remove hub cover - pardon? How do you remove the hub cover without destroying it?

Put the brake system back together; I KNOW the yoke and slide bolts are use-once items but the Valdez is going nowhere and I'd rather have it on 4 paws than three paws and an axle stand.

https://blog.fcpeuro.com/how-to-repl...on-a-volvo-940

You can buy new from the dealer but they do straighten out if you crease them too much

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by loki_the_glt

Put the brake system back together; I KNOW the yoke and slide bolts are use-once items but the Valdez is going nowhere and I'd rather have it on 4 paws than three paws and an axle stand.

Good to hear you made some good progress - for hub cover i'm assuming you mean the dust cap that simply levers out from the centre with a large flat screwdriver or similar - alternatively a few delicate taps around the circumference of the dust cap with a screwdriver/chisel/punch away from the hub usually shifts it.

*** EDIT *** Mark beat me to it and included pretty pictures to show the same as i was saying.



Slide bolts i believe are reusable, yoke bolts are only single-use only because they are patch bolts. Clean the threads of the old thread locking compound, refit both so the caliper is secure then remove one at a time, add a few drops of Threadlock (i use Loctite 243) then refit to the recommended torque (100Nm/74lbft rings a bell but would have to check), move on to the other once the first is tight and the caliper won't move and repeat, job done.

[loki_the_glt]

Originally Posted by griston64

https://blog.fcpeuro.com/how-to-repl...on-a-volvo-940

You can buy new from the dealer but they do straighten out if you crease them too much

"Hub cover" is the dust cap; I now need to get out the robbery kit and buy the yoke bolts, backing plate bolts, caliper bolts and a replacement spigot bolt - the one that keeps the rotor and hub together as I watched the old one disappear before my eyes. Unless someone has a spare they no longer need?

[griston64]

Originally Posted by loki_the_glt

"Hub cover" is the dust cap; I now need to get out the robbery kit and buy the yoke bolts, backing plate bolts, caliper bolts and a replacement spigot bolt - the one that keeps the rotor and hub together as I watched the old one disappear before my eyes. Unless someone has a spare they no longer need?

I might have one kicking around. I can see when i get in. I might also have some dust caps and some nice shiny bolts for the backing plates

Realised yoke bolts are caliper carrier bolts ! 10mm allen key head

[loki_the_glt]

Originally Posted by griston64

I might have one kicking around. I can see when i get in. I might also have some dust caps and some nice shiny bolts for the backing plates

Realised yoke bolts are caliper carrier bolts ! 10mm allen key head

Appreciate your looking. If you have them I'll take them off your hands.

I thought about applying violence to the dust cover but my neighbour's on a 2am start and wouldn't appreciate the noise of an impact generator.

[griston64]

Originally Posted by loki_the_glt

Appreciate your looking. If you have them I'll take them off your hands.

I thought about applying violence to the dust cover but my neighbour's on a 2am start and wouldn't appreciate the noise of an impact generator.

just double checking that it's one of these that you need https://www.skandix.de/en/spare-part...screw/1013799/

[loki_the_glt]

That's the very item; but 12 Euros for a single screw strikes me as slightly extortionate. If I knew the thread pitch I could probably buy something suitable off the shelf for a small fraction of that!

Even more extortionate when I learn that the caliper yoke bolts are 3.60 Euros each.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by loki_the_glt

That's the very item; but 12 Euros for a single screw strikes me as slightly extortionate. If I knew the thread pitch I could probably buy something suitable off the shelf for a small fraction of that!

Even more extortionate when I learn that the caliper yoke bolts are 3.60 Euros each.

I wonder what Volvo would charge for the real thing?

[griston64]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

I wonder what Volvo would charge for the real thing?

Probably cheaper from FRF with VOC discount

[loki_the_glt]

I'm waiting for Clive Brook to get back to me with prices.