2005 Volvo S40 Rear brakes

Tiny
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  • 2005 VOLVO S40
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 50,000 MILES
My daughters Volvo needs rear brake pads. Although I have done brakes in the past it has mostly been on Toyota, Hyundai and my Ford Explorer. When I took a look at the caliper, I was not familiar with the type of caliper bolt; it seems to be a hex type fitting rather than a bolt head. Does anyone know what type of tool I need to remove these caliper bolts? Also, once removed can the caliper piston be depressed using a C type clamp? Any help would be appreciated. Thx.
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 AT 11:47 AM

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Tiny
BLACKOP555
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Caliper bolts will ether be TORX or hex, count the points in it to see, if its like a octagon its hex, if its star shaped its gonna be a torx.

To compress the cylinder there is a special tool available to turn and compress the rear cylinder because of the parking brake.
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