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Old Oct 26th, 2020, 23:11   #22
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Originally Posted by mjk164 View Post
If when the handbrake is pulled up hard, the car still rolls a few inches, this is entirely normal. It is the shoes rotating to their stops and it happens on all Volvos with separate handbrake shoes in their rear discs.
You're right, the shoes are designed to float as they only have stops at the rear ends of the shoes. This float enable the shoes to act as a pair together and lock on more evenly and lock on harder as the wheel pushes them round against the stop.

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