squeaking rear brakes

cohophysh · Post by **cohophysh** » 10 Jul 2005, 16:55

Just replaced the rear brakes on 850. installed shims and applied anit squeak, well they squeak like crazy. should I apply more antisqueak? replace the shims with new shims (pads didn't come with shims, i used the old ones)? Any suggestions

yeagermeister · Post by **yeagermeister** » 10 Jul 2005, 17:47

did you just replace pads or did you replace the rotors as well?

Jot · Post by **Jot** » 10 Jul 2005, 17:54

What brand pads did you use?

cohophysh · Post by **cohophysh** » 10 Jul 2005, 20:17

they were from autozone, and i did not replace the rotors

yeagermeister · Post by **yeagermeister** » 10 Jul 2005, 20:32

sometimes new pads on old rotors will squeal until the pads wear enough to take on the groove profile of the rotors.

Jot? your take on the brand/composition? autozone typically runs the Wearever Gold as a standard.

cohophysh · Post by **cohophysh** » 10 Jul 2005, 21:35

the brand name of the brakes were Albany

Ironbutt1345 · Post by **Ironbutt1345** » 11 Jul 2005, 06:26

cohopsysh, you GOTTA replace the shims with new ones. I just did the rear brakes on my 97 850 GLT, and at first I didn;t even use shims, just the anti squeak goop, but it didn't matter. I went to my local Volvo dealer and got the shims for $16 plus tax, put them on with some anti squeak goop, and it hasn't squeaked since. My wife now drives the car since it doesn't sound like a garbage truck any more!

Hope this helps you!