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Apr 20th, 2012, 07:21 | #11 | |
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Apr 20th, 2012, 07:22 | #12 |
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So how do you prevent squealing?
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Apr 20th, 2012, 10:23 | #13 |
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Clean the calipers thoroughly with a wire brush, and lubricate the backs of the pads and the parts of the caliper they slide on with copper grease.
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Apr 20th, 2012, 12:39 | #14 |
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IIRC you get shims if you buy Bosch pads, certainly did when buying them for the rear of my 850
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Apr 20th, 2012, 16:32 | #15 |
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I've never bothered with shims on any car and never ever had squealing brakes.
As wooble says, with calipers in good order and a bit of copperease on the back of the pads (and on the sliding edges) brakes just don't squeal. Whenever I have had any kind of noise from a brake it's been because of worn out pads, sticking piston, rust or debris getting trapped, or pads not seating properly because of a wear ridge at the extremity of the bearing surface. |
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Mar 17th, 2013, 21:32 | #17 |
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^^^^^ check your label as per post #1 on this thread, that should answer thins for you.
If not can you take a pic of your label and post it here?
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can anyone id my calipers please?
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showth...05#post1948005 |
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Jul 17th, 2015, 10:21 | #19 |
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I can't make anything of those pictures, they are far too big.
I thought the general rule was that if the pins have an R clip then they are giRling calipers? But there are in fact two different sizes ofGirling rear calipers. Some pads are 62mm long, some 63mm. (Sizes from memory - anyway, some are a bit longer than the other). The bigger ones won't fit in the smaller slot, the small one fits in a larger but will rattle horribly. You can if pushed either make up a shim out of tinplate with loops to hook round one of the pins, or grind down a larger one to fit. I've just done that in fact. I had a stock of new pads for my previous Volvo (1992 GL) which took the larger. My new one (1991 GL) takes the smaller. I've never encountered any non-Girling brakes, only the two sizes of Girling. |
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