I've been experiencing this issue since August 2023, but it all started after performing a full brake job in July 2023. The problem is that there's a terrible grinding noise coming from the rear driver-side brakes. It starts as soon as you accelerate and persists to around 40mph, and it's loud enough to be heard inside the cabin with the windows up when no music is playing. The car still handles fine while driving and stopping, and the sound disappears entirely when the brakes are applied.

I made a video with all of the relevant information and pictures from my most recent attempt to fix it a few days ago so you guys can see and hear what I'm talking about:

If you don't want to watch the video for any reason, I'll also include most of the information here.

• The vehicle is a 2008 Volvo S60 2.5T FWD.
• I performed a brake job in mid-July 2023 at around 183k miles (the car currently sits above 185k).
• During the brake job, I did the following:
  • I replaced the front and rear brake pads/discs,
  • I replaced the parking brake shoes and hardware, and
  • I performed a brake fluid flush.
• These are the parts I used in the rear:

Ceramic Brake Pads (Rear) from Akebono

High Carbon Brake Discs (Rear) from Centric

• During the brake job, I used a parking brake kit left over from a previous brake job performed by the dealer. The new brake shoes on the driver's side did not fit with either the new or old brake disc, so I ran the old brake shoes temporarily.
• After the brake job, the issue first appeared. I thought it was the parking brake shoes and ordered a brand new set:

Parking Brake Shoes from ATE

• I ordered the new parking brake shoes toward the end of August 2023 and installed them early-September.
• Additionally, during the install, I beat the hell out of the dust shield and made sure it wasn't touching/rubbing against anything for good measure.

None of the previous actions have resolved the issue. Fast forward to last week:

• I remove everything, specifically the parking brake shoes and hardware. They were cleaned and reinstalled.
• The parking brake cable is adjusted from the handbrake to the point where I lose the nut and have to remove the center console to retrieve it. While the cable is as loose as possible, I spin the brake disc and the grinding persists.
• After a couple of days, the work in the video is performed where I take off the caliper and recompress it. I thought it initially worked, but after taking it on a test drive, I was wrong.

I'm almost out of ideas. I've been checking the wheel bearing every time I dig into this, and while there is the slightest noise, there's no play. The only other things I could think of would be adding a parking brake star adjuster from IPD (though I doubt that would work based on what I saw in the video), or the entire caliper is bad (which I'm unsure of how to verify if that's the case). I've been routinely checking these forums for months hoping someone would magically have the same exact problem as me and already solved it, and maybe it's from 12 years ago and I just keep missing it, but I don't know at this point.

I think it goes without saying that any and all help/advice/insight would be greatly appreciated!

 

Depending on the year, make/model of your car brake pads/shoes, not to mention the labor involved, can be expensive, However it's your life and the life of your loved ones you have to consider.







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What are you talking about? The car drives and brakes fine. The brake pads, rotors, and parking brake shoes are all in good condition, especially being under 5k miles old. The only discernible issue is the noise. I'm not putting myself or others at risk when the biggest danger from the car is a mild annoyance. Unless this implies there's a separate issue with the car that I'm unaware of, that's kind of what I was asking for help in identifying in the first place.