Just bought a S60 R. Previous owner took the brake shoes out of the car because he said they were sticking. Gave me a bag with the parts and found the pads separated from the steel backing.

Took the rotor off and found a cast boss on the wheel spindle sheared off. This boss keeps the shoes from rotating. When the boss broke and the shoes rotated it also ripped the shoe retainer tabs off the steel backing plate.

I assumed when the pads separated from the steel backing they jammed, possibly at a high speed. This sheared off the boss on the casting which required the wheel spindle to be replaced. I was lucky enough to find a used R series spindle and brake backing plate locally. I believe the spindle is same for all AWD models but the backing plate is dedicated to the R series which has larger brakes.

At a dealer the cost would have been well over $1000.

 

I have an 03 base model and my ebrake pad inside the drum crumbled when I was going 45mpg. That tire locked up until I found the issue. So far I just removed the crumbled pads and removed the other side due to it wearing down then left it as is. So currently I dont have an ebrake cause I never bought pads to replace and its an auto so we dont use ebrakes as often as in a standard.

 

Mine is a 6 speed standard. In Mass they check the e-brake when it is inspected so I would need it fixed in any case. I have seen them pull the car into the garage and apply the e-brake to see if it stops it.