volvo 850 brakes: warped rotors, rotor & pad replacement, ABS

850 Brakes

parts & fluid
replacement

John's excellent illustrated guide to changing front rotors!

A really useful thread from brickboard regarding brake rotor & pad replacement, & bleeding. It tells you about what to watch out for when brakes are bled so that you don't damage important and expensive components of the system.

Here is another brief one. It endorses using original Volvo pads & rotors.

Brake fluid flush technique & custom pressure bleeder by Janusz

More on the 850 brake fluid replacement procedure

a small brake pad replacement note

Why it is good to change brake fluid

torque settings for brake nipples?

cross drilled Vs OEM rotors

(2 threads) - More talk about Rotors: crossdrilled, slotted, grooved, etc...

a generic article on DOT brake fluids

error in haynes manual, brake section

warped rotors
&

brake shudder

brake shudder thread 1 - front or rear rotors?

brake shudder thread 2 - from swedespeed forum

brake shudder thread 3 - Front rotor warping question, and the possibility of sticking calipers rather than warped rotors...

another short & useful conversation regarding warped rotors

and another

sticky brake calipers? - and a short term solution...

my story on brake shudder probs

Jack with some info on removing stubborn rotors & lug nut torqueing

John's excellent illustrated guide to changing front rotors!

also see Jan-egberts links in the box below...

other stuff

ABS (code 141/142) pedal position switch repair

ABS self-test noise -discussion on a clunk heard when going forward

exact rotor torques for the 850 (& others)

links

Volvospeed Bay 13 has great info & pics on the changing of rotors & brake pads.

Checkout Brickboard's massive Volvo Maintenance FAQ for 7xx/9xx/90 series

A note on ABS failure on the 850

Notes from contributors

Hi I've collected some data about brake judder, maybe it is also
interesting for the volvo owners who like to drive fast.
http://home.planet.nl/~annev040/brakes.html

And see how to build your volvo 850 rallycar
http://www.thomdejong.nl/Opbouw.htm

And how to drive it
http://www.thomdejong.nl/Foto850.htm

Regards, Jan-egbert Annevelink

Good day here is some info you and your friends might be interested in. A Process call Custom Thermal Cycling "Deep Cryogenics" from Performance Cryogenics. These guys have been processing brake rotors for professional motor sports teams from Go Karts to Winston Cup and Indy cars with great success for years. They also offer this service to Police departments, Taxi fleets and to the general public.
Here is a link if you would like to check it out.
www.percryo.com and www.policerotors.com
Have a good day
Lee Moore

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