Replacing the Rear Brake Pads on a Volvo S40 

In my experience the passenger side rear is always the hardest to compress. I've done the job on a 2005 model and it was this way. Today I did the job on a 2010 S40 and it took me 30 minutes to push and turn it in. My friend says it may be because it's the longest line to the master cylinder. Thank you for this video, it helped me keep my confidence high! 🏎️

Excellent! Thank you for sharing. I am glad I saw your video before I went crazy taking EVERYTHING apart.

to anyone struggling to move the piston: in the beginning you need to both apply pushing force, and rotate the piston. managed to do it by pushing the piston in with pliers while using a screwdriver and hammer to tap on to one of the two holes in the piston surface. If the piston still doesnt seem to be moving, attach pliers on the piston and have someone check on it whilst someone else is pushing the brake pedal down _carefully_, just to move the piston around a bit. After about a full rotation the piston should move inwards by just rotating it with smaller pliers.

Good job! Thank you for the easy to follow instructions.

Well done !

Very Helpful, thank you. May I ask what is that white substance placed on the back of the Brake Pad?

0:18 You are meant to undo top and bottom nuts and suspend the caliper out of the way with wire.... the new (good quality) pads come with 2 new nuts anyway... no need to remove the brake hose every time you change the pads/discs if you remove both nuts...

Thank you thank you thank you. I've just been trying to push the piston back in for an hour, would not move. It screws back in"THANK YOU",.

I can't seem to rotate the caliper backwards even though I've loosened the bottom bolt and removed the top bolt. Any idea why?

ThanksPat That ash tray comes out but cannot honestly see how that r tire chubby unit comes out

You skipped to many steps. Like screwing in the piston, removing bolts and replacing pads.

Better to leave the hose in place, as it can be damaged by moving it around too much, and just remove both bolts on the caliper to remove the caliper completely... the new pads come with 2 new bolts anyway....

Great Video Very useful thank you, now Subscribed :)) Going to save me around £200 thankyou

You are meant to replace both bolts for both slide pins... the new pads normally come with 2 new bolts, which have got threadlock on them...

Wear does one find that special tool? Beyond that, good lesson.

Thanks so much

Did you put the accoustic wear indicator clips onto your pads?

Nice video but you jump the part where you are using the tool

There is one MAJOR issue with this video. A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INWARD FORCE MUST BE APPLIED to get the piston to retract. A thin pair of channel lock pliers and a large c-clamp works. Otherwise...it JUST SPINS!!!

hi I am from India...just bought a volvo s40 petrol...I don't seem to be getting any spares here...can you help me out..thank you

Is the other side the same wind back direction? (Clockwise).

I have the same car. And i have a question about the e-brake does it have different pads in the middle off the disk or not ? Couse my e-break is failing i adjusted the handle from the console and its tight but the breaks are not working.

My handbrake cable needs tightening on my Y REG 2001 s40 how do I do this ?

hello pat frip can you tel me what the name of that tool is and where to bye it i sure can use that tool

2:40 No need to put anything on the back of the pads... they already have an aluminium anti squeal backing plate on them...

Is this an AWD model? I cannot tell

Vu l'état, les disques auraient pu être remplacer eux aussi

that's my car, ..

Why did you skip the bit I wanted to see . Tool