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Brake squeal woes on 240 wagon :([ALL/1988] posted by Eric on
Friday, 27 February 1998, at 10:58 p.m.
Hello,
I have a 1985 240DL wagon with "ATE" type rear calipers. The car was making a horrible squeal from the rear brakes, so I took out the old pads, sprayed brake cleaner everywhere, and put new pads on with a ton of brake silencer between the metal part of the pads and the piston. The rotors felt smooth to the touch. Alas, when I slapped everything back together, the squeal was still there like nothing had changed. Any suggestions appreciated!
Re: Brake squeal woes on 240 wagon :([ALL/1988] posted by irv klein on
Saturday, 28 February 1998, at 12:55 a.m.
Volvo recommends using silicone coated shims, which of course they sell, between pads and pistons.
Re: Brake squeal woes on 240 wagon :([ALL/1988] posted by Mr. Tool on
Saturday, 28 February 1998, at 9:45 a.m.
When I do mine I take about 40 grit sandpaper and deglaze the rotor surface, then brake cleaner it, and use the metal shims, and the blue anti-squeal goop. I just did my 1987 245DL with ATE calipers in the rear. Guess what? All was well for about 500 miles. I do get a little squeal occasionaly now. It very tempurture and humitity dependent. More so when I'm backing up. That's just the way Volvo 240's are............ Mr. Tool...........
Re: Brake squeal woes on 240 wagon :([ALL/1988] posted by Bill Meacham on
Saturday, 28 February 1998, at 1:01 p.m.
I was also going to say that the shims are important to reduce squeal. New rear brake pads from Volvo include the shims (at least on the 700s). Use Sil-Glyde (or equivalent) on the shims and back of pads.
Bill
Re: Brake squeal woes on 240 wagon :([ALL/1988] posted by Andy Peck on
Sunday, 1 March 1998, at 7:37 a.m.
IPD (1-800-444-6473) sells some anti-squeal pads from Girling. Might give those a try. Also, I've had better luck with the spray-on brake goo that the stuff in a tube. Coat both the shim and the back of the pad and it seems to work well. I've used the Permatex stuff.
Re: Brake squeal woes on 240 wagon :([ALL/1988] posted by Roy on
Sunday, 1 March 1998, at 10:02 p.m.
I had the same problem on an '87. I finally got rid of that squeal as follows.
I removed all the pads and cleaned the calipers, with special attention to the points where the pad backing plates touch the top of the caliper. With a little high temp grease at the point where the pad backing plate and caliper touch,new anti-squeal shims between pads and pistons, I now have a Volvo the is quiet during braking.
Now I can pull in the driveway and suprise my wife. She doesn't hear me brake for the drive. No dogs barking or anything.