Hi, all.
This is about the retaining springs on the Girling front calipers' pads, and is meant mainly for newbies trying to follow Bentley's manual.

I've been doing brake jobs on my cars for decades (literally), and yet I just now discovered a mistake* in my Bentley (for the record, my edition has a 1993 copyright date -- noted here in case there are other editions in which this has been corrected).
[ * a mistake or perhaps just a discrepancy -- I don't know serious a difference this is.]

For all these decades (I've owned Volvos since 1973, with that year's 164), I've always relied mainly on my Volvo-published, "Green" shop manuals (I have several editions, since my cars span from then to 1993). But now and then I also refer to my Bentley for the "simpler" version, especially when the Green manual calls for a certain official tool, and Bentley says "pry it with a screwdriver or pliers", if you know what I mean :-).

Anyway, I've always installed my pads the way the Green books describes and illustrates doing so. But I happened to scan the Bentley, and for the first time my eye, seeing a few illustrations, noticed a discrepancy with the illustrations (and the way I always did my pads) in my Green manuals.

In the Green manuals, the main holding springs (not the little retaining clips) are installed with the main portion inboard of the pads' backing plate, and the U-shaped portion that fits over the edge of the plate and shim extending outward.

In contrast, the Bentley's photos, Fig. 4 on pg 500-4, Fig. 2 on pg 510-2, and Fig. 4 on pg 510-3, all clearly show these springs mounted outboard, and the U-shaped piece extending inward, the exact opposite of the Green manuals. Curiously, however, Fig. 3 on pg 510-2 shows the springs mounted differently (i.e., the same way as the Green manuals).

I would, in fact, recommend the Green manuals' way, because from my experience, when installing new, full-thickness pads there is only enough room for the retaining clips -- and trying to mount the springs per the Bentley photo's way in that limited space must really create a difficult situation.

I hope this saved someone some hassle.
Regards.