Brakes: - Xc90 rear brake woes - Page 2

Richpc · May 3rd, 2018, 00:00

I think my adjuster is bust maybe adjusted out too far. It's not going back in as your diagrams suggest. Maybe I will disconnect it from the splitter and try to re thread it

XJSDriver · May 3rd, 2018, 14:48

Could be knackered - if taking all apart maybe worth buying new cable from Volvo and replace front part from pedal to splitter?

XJSDriver · May 8th, 2018, 12:42

OMG - my wife was reporting the car is squeaking so looked into it this w/e; discovered that the brake cable was only connected to one side and the pads were stuck on. We have owned the car just over a year so previous owner obviously had done nothing about it and it passed the MOT with only one side working. I should have thought this through when I added the break adjusters and discovered that the nearside drum lining was rusty!

Had to remove centre console to access brake cables - was not too difficult in the end but glad I did it as now know how it all works and how to get access. Would recommend as said by someone in another post that whenever adjusting the cable you look under the console where the to rear cables join the front as it way too easy for one or both to jump of the yoke.

May 8th, 2018, 12:42	#13
XJSDriver XJS Driver Last Online: Apr 22nd, 2024 23:00 Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Hitchin	OMG - my wife was reporting the car is squeaking so looked into it this w/e; discovered that the brake cable was only connected to one side and the pads were stuck on. We have owned the car just over a year so previous owner obviously had done nothing about it and it passed the MOT with only one side working. I should have thought this through when I added the break adjusters and discovered that the nearside drum lining was rusty! Had to remove centre console to access brake cables - was not too difficult in the end but glad I did it as now know how it all works and how to get access. Would recommend as said by someone in another post that whenever adjusting the cable you look under the console where the to rear cables join the front as it way too easy for one or both to jump of the yoke. Last edited by XJSDriver; May 8th, 2018 at 12:44.

May 3rd, 2018, 00:00	#11
Richpc New Member Last Online: May 3rd, 2018 00:00 Join Date: May 2018 Location: Castleford	I think my adjuster is bust maybe adjusted out too far. It's not going back in as your diagrams suggest. Maybe I will disconnect it from the splitter and try to re thread it

May 3rd, 2018, 14:48	#12
XJSDriver XJS Driver Last Online: Apr 22nd, 2024 23:00 Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Hitchin	Could be knackered - if taking all apart maybe worth buying new cable from Volvo and replace front part from pedal to splitter?

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