Rear Caliper Refurb
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:31 pm
Having now refurbished the rear callipers I thought I would post my findings, meant to do a full how-to but didn't take enough pictures.
It turns out there is what I would call 3 levels of refurb.
Haynes and Vardis only actually go to level one so I assume the kit from Volvo has fewer bits than the aftermarket kits, missing the 2 arrowed parts.
Having followed the instructions and been left with these two parts I did some searching and to use the arrowed part you need to remove the auto adjuster.
I would highly recommend doing this and doing at least the green arrowed part as the amount of goo I found that would have contaminated the new brake fluid was amazing and that was after thoroughly cleaning it, as best as I could, before finding out it came apart and if that seal goes fluid will leak out from the brake lever.
The red arrow is, in my opinion, more optional as it is only a dust seal and will not affect the brake fluid.
And requires you to purchase one of these, at least it did in the kit I purchased, and the use of a dremel.
I should have taken more pictures and done a proper how-to but if you use the following link it will show you how to remove the auto adjuster and brake lever, it is not for a 480 and you can skip a lot of it but the important bits are there as it’s a similar design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm_DnizKOZM
It turns out there is what I would call 3 levels of refurb.
Haynes and Vardis only actually go to level one so I assume the kit from Volvo has fewer bits than the aftermarket kits, missing the 2 arrowed parts.
Having followed the instructions and been left with these two parts I did some searching and to use the arrowed part you need to remove the auto adjuster.
I would highly recommend doing this and doing at least the green arrowed part as the amount of goo I found that would have contaminated the new brake fluid was amazing and that was after thoroughly cleaning it, as best as I could, before finding out it came apart and if that seal goes fluid will leak out from the brake lever.
The red arrow is, in my opinion, more optional as it is only a dust seal and will not affect the brake fluid.
And requires you to purchase one of these, at least it did in the kit I purchased, and the use of a dremel.
I should have taken more pictures and done a proper how-to but if you use the following link it will show you how to remove the auto adjuster and brake lever, it is not for a 480 and you can skip a lot of it but the important bits are there as it’s a similar design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm_DnizKOZM