What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

Chieber · Post by **Chieber** » 16 Dec 2025, 07:28

I went back to the mechanic and showed him this picture from a video.
He’s going to install it the right way and am able to pick it up tomorrow again.

Post by **scot850** » 16 Dec 2025, 08:23

Good catch on that! Leaving it the way they fitted it originally defeats having the boot.

What I am not sure I am seeing is the star nut under the top plate. Maybe it is just as the units are not fitted and on the car?

Neil.

Chieber · Post by **Chieber** » 16 Dec 2025, 14:22

scot850 wrote: ↑16 Dec 2025, 08:23 Good catch on that! Leaving it the way they fitted it originally defeats having the boot.

What I am not sure I am seeing is the star nut under the top plate. Maybe it is just as the units are not fitted and on the car?

Neil.

It should be under that special washer.
I don’t know how they installed it wrong, they had the parts diagram that I gave them.

If it’s wrong again and they refuse to work on it any further, I’ll be out 140 euros.
And 140 more to get the spring compressor and find some courage to do it myself. But that would be defeating the purpose of getting it professionally done.

Post by **scot850** » 16 Dec 2025, 14:28

Fingers crossed they got it right then! Once you get your car. it will have the weight on it and you should be able to see between the top cap and the bearing plate. Hopefully there is a star washer under there!

Good Luck!

Neil.

Chieber · Post by **Chieber** » 17 Dec 2025, 09:22

Alright. Seems like the bump stop doesn’t has tabs. I got this one from Sachs based on the part nr.

They flipped the bump stop around but not the sleeve. The sleeve is quite snug around the bump stop. It looks like the upper and lower diameter is the same.

But now I’m not sure what the correct orientation of the bump stop is.

What’s wisdom?

Leave as is or get a different sleeve and bumpstop or take it apart myself and only flip the seal around?

Sachs sleeve set

RedBrickCollector · Post by **RedBrickCollector** » 19 Dec 2025, 23:20

I'm tempted now to get my own dual gauge to check brake runout, but I'm stuck on how to properly torque down the rotor without the wheel. A stack of washers seems like a bad idea given our lug bolt profile. Based on pictures there seem to be special spacers that loon like nuts but have the right profile. Anyone know what they're called? Can I just buy 5 bolts with the right thread?

Post by **abscate** » 20 Dec 2025, 02:27

That would work but if you just clean the rotor and wheel hub carefully, the snug up the m6 bolt holding the rotor on , you can measure runout. If the rotor is distorting from the Lugnut install, throw away the cheap rotors and buy them from Volvo and that will fix it.

Another lesson in his saving 10 euro ona cheap part will be spent many times somewhere else.

RedBrickCollector · Post by **RedBrickCollector** » 20 Dec 2025, 05:55

abscate wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 02:27 That would work but if you just clean the rotor and wheel hub carefully, the snug up the m6 bolt holding the rotor on , you can measure runout. If the rotor is distorting from the Lugnut install, throw away the cheap rotors and buy them from Volvo and that will fix it.

Another lesson in his saving 10 euro ona cheap part will be spent many times somewhere else.

I don't have the MM6 bolt which is why I'm now considering that it might be an indexing problem I seem to have now. Car was squealing, I had the wheel off to see if I could find anything, I couldn't. It went away when reassembled. I changed the brake hose and squaling came back. Currently thinking it's mild runout enough to slightly rub on one part of the wheel and cause a squeal. It isn't always there either right now

I'd just get new rotors without thinking if I was in mainland USA or europe but sadly shiping is gonna be at least the price of the rotor

Post by **scot850** » 20 Dec 2025, 16:12

What brake pads are you using? Maybe 20 years ago you used to get a lot of break squeal on Volvo breaks, in the UK where I came from, we used to have badges on the back of Volvos. They used to say something like, "It's a Volvo, so my brakes squeal" or something like that.

The 240's, 7/900 series all used to have brakes that squealed if you did not use Volvo pads.

With today's technology, it has mostly been reduced or eliminated. Volvo used to sell anti-squeal shims to stop that issue.

Neil.

Post by **BlackBart** » 20 Dec 2025, 19:49

That reminds me that I used to put those sticky sheets behind the pads on my 240.

What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

Re: What did you do to your Volvo today?