Tired of hearing wheel noise on your Volvo?
Are you hearing a loud clicking or chattering wheel noise coming from the wheel area of your Volvo? This can be maddening, as it often comes and goes. When it becomes unbearable, you usually end up taking it to your dealer’s mechanic. What are you to do when the mechanic is unable to pinpoint the exact source. You need to educate yourself and take on the task of noise detective. MVS forum members need to chime in and share their experiences so others can be prepared in the event of this problem happening to them.
MVS Forum Member turbotim2 says:
I just wanted to post that it seems I have fixed the strange moaning/whirring noise I would get out of the right rear wheel when making a left hand turn. After replacing the wheel bearing and finding this had nothing to do with it, I tried cleaning all of the brake components in that wheel. This didn’t really help either. The wheel noise got worse and would do it almost all of the time, turning or not. So I pulled the wheel off removed the caliper and rotor. I used a small grinding wheel on a rototool and ground off the small rusty lip created by the pads wearing on the rotor. The rotor did not to be replaced. I also ground the lip created by the e-brake shoes on the inside of the rotor and lightly roughened that surface. I removed the brake pads which had plenty of meat left on them and were Volvo parts and cleaned them well along with the metal anti squeal plates. I then added a bead of RTV across the backsides of the pads with the plates in the correct position and let dry for about 20 minutes. I used the rototool to remove rust on the caliper surfaces that come in contact with the pads and used some bearing grease on those surfaces so that the pads would float freely within the caliper as they are meant to do. I also loosened the e-brake shoes by a couple of notches as they seemed very tight. I reassmebled the parts and so far (3 days) have had no wheel noise. I also made sure I still had a good e-brake. Thats about it. that wheel…
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