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Brake caliper advice needed 850 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be ksg on  Wed May 4 06:24 CST 2005 [RELATED]

I had exactly this behavior on one front caliper of my 95 850 about 2 yr ago, right down to the partially displaced seal and the rust. I replaced the caliper with a Volvo rebuilt from a dealer and have had no trouble since, in about 25K miles of use.

My lifetime (30 yr) score of replacing seized or sticking calipers on 3 Volvos, 1 Saab, 1 Ford, 2 Renault - total replacements over all cars = 3, on 1 Acura (5 yr) - total replacements on one car = 4. I think the latter was probably due to contaminated brake fluid as this car also ran thru mastercylinders and a proportioning valve.

I suspect the continued performance of a particular rebuilt caliper may be luck-of-the-draw, but I do now replace all the brake fluid in my cars at purchase (as used) and thereafter about every 3-4 years.





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