Tomorrow I plan on replacing the rear brake pads on our 2002 S60. Is there anything special with the S60 that I should know about.

I've done these so many times on my Jag I could do them in my sleep but the Jag has no drums in the rear that contain the emergency. On mine the emergency brake is a separate unit.

Did some on my subbie last year. Actually I wouldn't mind a video on doing the rears on an S60. Are the caliper bolts torx, etc.

I did see a video on the S80 and I guess the S60 doesn't have the caliper that you can flip up, you need to remove the entire caliper.
The guy in the video did something that drives me crazy. When he put the clap on the piston to push it back in, he didn't open the bleeder. I may be old school but doing it without opening the bleeder is like playing Russian roulette with the ABS system.

 

No it isn't. Not on a Volvo, anyway.

Nothing special about it. Remove the spring, remove the caliper. Remove the bracket to clean and lube it. Reassemble.

I would suggest pulling the rotor to check the parking brake shoes though.

 

I didn't loosen the bleeder either. Don't know much about the ABS thing though. Open the reservoir cap.

 

Yep, it was the same as all the other cars.

For some reason the one spring gave me a hard time,, don't know why. The side that didn't give me a problem took less than 15 minutes.

For lack of time I didn't check the emergency brake shoes.

I like to clean everything and use caliper grease on the parts that slide.

One thing I found that I will attend to when I flush the brake fluid and that is the one bleeder valve wouldn't bleed. The first one I did bled fine but the second one...nothing would come out. I had to push the piston in without the bleeder open. I'm not a fan of such actions but garages do it all the time. Went for a road test and everything is fine.

 

Might just have some gunk in it. Once in a while I have to remove the blender to clean it out. No big deal.

 

A brake fluid flush is on my list and at that time I'll attend to the stuck bleeder. Probably just buy a new one, they can't be all that expensive. But sometimes the dealer surprises me with high prices.

 

I'm sure it isn't much, but I doubt they stock it so you might want to order it ahead of time so you have it by the time you're ready to do the work.

 

Good idea because it is probably an item that they don't keep in stock. I'll call them today.