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What are the brake pad back plates for?

Hi! I just replaced all 4 wheel brake pads. The car is now making terrible squeaking sounds. I noticed the back plates are in pretty bad shape but I did not replace them. Is this the cause? The disc rotors were not perfect flat but I thought they were not bad.

My question is what are the back plates for? VOLVO seems the only car that I know requiring back plates.


Vin
1991 240 SE Station Wagon






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