Volvo S90 Front Brake Pads and Rotor Replacement

There are four different combinations of Pads and Rotors that were assigned to Volvo S90's. Be careful and use the VIN to confirm what came with your car. I had to have L&B Auto email Volvo to tell me what Pads and Rotor Part Numbers were needed for my car.
When looking at Volvo Parts stores, they use the same pictures and part numbers and the description might even ID the normal ID for your car like Model Year, Make, and Model but again be careful.

[@williamwirstrom3796]

I have a 2018 S90 and an XC90. I’ve had to replace brakes each time I go to the dealer. They have 43k miles and 28k miles respectively. I bought them with 18/20k. The dealer tells me S90/XC90s chew through brakes pretty quickly, around 30-40k miles. I know how to do them myself, and will save me about $2,000 for a full brake job. Thanks for the video, wanted to see someone else do it first!

[@JLH0714]

I keep hearing this, which is why I'm completely lost as to how my XC90 has 52k and I go to replace the brakes on it and they aren't even half gone. I only decided to replace because I was noticing some shake when I slow down from higher speeds, but my rotors look and feel great too. I took the brakes off and just couldn't believe how much pad was left on all 4 tires. The back tires were slightly more wore down than the front but still had plenty of wear left. I have a 2019 XC90 T8.

[@markryan6311]

I bought a V90 xc wagon very nice video, enjoy your video I used your videos on side mirror. Fix on myXc70 I had before.

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

@@markryan6311 Excellent. You are why I make these videos. I am glad they helped.

[@familyschnekser4819]

Great video! I recognize that this is a two year old video, but I gotta say you got a very good deal on your original Volvo OEM parts. Pads here are $145 and rotors ~ $200 each. Thanks for putting it together.

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

Thank you. I order directly fron Volvo web store.

[@stevenbrown7680]

Really helpful video. I did notice that at around 10:00, the washer behind the axle bolt looks loose when you start hammer the rotor. It looks like the axle bolt isn't tightened all the way for some reason.

[@ABa-uo4zu]

Tight your axle bolt. It's loose which can cause you some vibration. Use threadlocker (blue) and tight it to spec. My S90 axle bolts were completely loose. Probably the factory is forgetting to tighten these bolts or the factory threadlocker is not strong. Check all the sides as well.

[@eduardaslaurinavicius4249]

I would add this - be careful and do not cross thread with the guide bolts. Mine were cross threaded by whoever did the last brake job. Had to buy new brackets. Screw them by hand as much as you can before using torque wrench.

[@PrashantKhanolkarUSA]

Lovely video , so relaxing to watch. Getting my front brake pads replaced next week at the dealer.

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

[;^). Thank you for the kind comment. Yea. They were not all that fun. I was extreamly surprised that they did not last longer. But that is adaptive cruise control for you.

[@carlsoncox3730]

Thanks for this video. It really helped me understand how to do this. The rotors came with instructions for 145.5 ft-lbs or 200 NM for the Caliper bracket and 42 ft-lbs or 57 NM for the caliper slide bolts. For me, my slide bolts were 11mm, which threw me off because I didn't have that size.

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

Thank you for taking the time to leave such a good comment.

[@AmitSaini-zm7sw]

Thanks for the helpful video, will be changing the pads on my 2017 S90 tomorrow, taking your video as a reference. Hopefully I won’t break anything 😜.

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

Excellent.

[@rollingtones1]

7:40 Check out the rocker panel trim in the left half of the screen. The lowermost (and innermost) screw holding the rocker panel trim on - funky - look like the rocker panel trim got caught on something and pulled out of the screw area.

[@loblaws1962]

Great video I'll be tackling mine come spring time.

[@rollingtones1]

10:52 I clean that area up with a small wire brush on a Dremel tool.

[@vbnautical5041]

I got a subframe for my 2010 s80 v8 from L&B. Shipped to Virginia Beach no problem!

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

Justin at L&B is very good to work with.

[@vbnautical5041]

@@A_Renaissance_Man you still got the xc90 v8?

[@james007bray]

Where and what size are those tire guides? I recently purchased my first Volvo, a 2019 S60 so this is all new to me.

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

I do not know where I purchased mine but, you can look on Amazon and shop around. You will need an M14x1.5 and I recommend getting a pair. Look for as many features as you can find; knurled, tool space for a socket or Allen, stainless steel, a good thread length and overall length. Keep one or both in the trunk ... Just in case you need them when mounting your spare tire. GL and thank you for watching my videos.

[@james007bray]

@@A_Renaissance_Man Perfect, I needed the size now gotta go and find it. I like the allen feature, knurled could be a pain removing.

[@rollingtones1]

17:19 It's called a BACKING PLATE, not a splash guard. Otherwise, good video.

[@juliannalinken987]

love your video, full of details

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

Thank you. I hope this helped you.

[@KenyonH]

Great video. By chance do you know if your rotor size was 322mm or 345mm? I have a 18’ S90 T6

[@rollingtones1]

10:10 when banging on the disc the washer under the center nut is loose - isn't that giant nut supposed to be torqued?

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

Yes, and I made a video on that. I called it watch my videos because I caught in review. By the way Thank You for pointing that out. That is something that could have ended badly. Thank you again.

[@rollingtones1]

11:53 those taps are called (from the bottom up): TAPER, PLUG, and BOTTOMING. What you call a "starter" tap is actually a TAPER tap.

[@Alexander_l322]

11mm for slider bolts! Don’t be caught out as it’s an irregular size hex

[@johnboy007]

Great Video! Is a 2019 Volvo S60 T6 AWD similar with different part numbers? Thx

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

If you put you VIN into websites like volvopartswebstore, the will comfirm the parts before shipping them out. Also, Volvo has stablized there inventory and typically multiple sizes are no longer available. The pads are the same for all models.

[@johnboy007]

@@A_Renaissance_Man Thx Dave, yes I buy everything from a volvo parts dealership on line store in CT and it works out great after you put the vin in. I already did the rears. Thx again!

[@sanjinred]

Your driveshaft bolt isnt correctly torqued, you can se the shim move when you use the hammer.

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

You are correct. I fixed that the next day after the job was completed. I accidentally saw that issue and am glad I was lucky to see that

[@sanjinred]

@@A_Renaissance_Man Glad you sorted it out, cheers

[@xPhantom1786]

Thanks for this video! ☺ I just took delivery of a 2018 volvo s90 t5 momentum and just driving it around 50 or 60 mph I feel a vibration coming from driver side wheel. I was thinking it might be the wheel bearing or maybe the pads and rotors?

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

Thank you for your comment. IMO I would think that the wheel bearing is too young ti be making noise and the rotor is more likely the suspect. The only way to tell is to take the wheel off and inspect the components. I have found the front brakes are used up quickly because of the cruise control setting forcing the brakes to be activated to hold the speed at the setting. Good luck and enjoy your very nice car.

[@xPhantom1786]

@@A_Renaissance_Man Thanks for quick reply! Car is a looker it got 50k miles😊 I figured it was that then I had a 2008 prius with a bad wheel bearing and it was really loud. Bad rotors and pads might be the suspect. Although I checked the service history and only rears were done and haven't touch the front pads gonna inspect it tommrow. But this is definitely easier then my last car C300 w205 sport brakes, this job is similar to a camry ☺

[@yexind.4088]

Hey, recently I replaced the front rotors for my 19 v60 crosscountry with OE parts due to brake pulsation. And applied anti seize to my pads contacting point with the carrier. ( so I did remove the calliper from the carrier) Since I did this work my from brakes start clunking when braking while turning. Have this ever happened to you? Do you have any suggestions what might be wrong?

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

Thank you for asking. In my opinion, you are describing CV axial noise. However, if this is related to the work you did then the pads or caliper could have been installed in correctly or have become loose. I recommend a reinspection of the work and perhaps the problem will reveal itself.

[@yexind.4088]

@@A_Renaissance_Man it ended up with I went a Volvo dealer close by and asked one of their senior tech, who told me it’s the anti seize I used on pads caused the noise then he gave a tube of Volvo silicone grease. I cleaned it up, applied the grease I got, then the noise got fixed. That was a big surprise! I would never thought of that

[@ottostigs7602]

Thanks 👍

[@Vision42_]

I had this same issue with my pads being to large, what was the correct size pads you ordered

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

The Volvo S90 needed 31423652 Pads and 31665446 Rotors

[@Vision42_]

@@A_Renaissance_Man Thanks man, I appreciate it.

[@familyschnekser4819]

So, what is the correct size for the alignment pin wrench?

[@A_Renaissance_Man]

Your welcome. You will need a 9mm hex to remove the alignment pin.

[@familyschnekser4819]

@@A_Renaissance_Man - Unfortunately, that’s not the case for my 2017 V90 Cross Country. The KZbin posts have mentioned several different sizes. Last I heard, 11mm is the correct size. I have a 10mm and it was too small. Perhaps there are several different sizes for the same model, like rotors?

[@NateM154]

@@A_Renaissance_Man You said 7mm hex in the video. Are we talking about the same thing? Thanks. Others are saying 11mm (hopefully not)

[@mattmgarza]

maybe I just hate euro cars more than I should but, "tire guides," hmm if only there were a way to engineer it where it had built in "tire guides" that didn't need to be removed.