Struggling to get my (very knackered) rear discs off the car. I'm usually pretty good with brakes, even without a workshop manual, but these don't want to come off past the handbrake shoes. Is there a way of backing those off? I can find nothing obvious, and don't want to start dismantling the centre console unneccessarily.
Welcome to STT, freelance :)
There's an adjuster screw that's visible through one of the holes in the disc- shown here without the disc in place (note this pis is taken from underneath the disc and the adjuster screw is at the bottom not the top):
(http://photo.platonoff.com/Auto/20050709.Saab_9-5_rear_brakes_fixed/20050709j.Handbrake.jpg)
I can't remember which way it needs to be turned but one way will press the pads against the disc drum, and vice versa. Note it's the opposite way round on the different sides.
When you've refitted the discs, tighten the adjusters until the disc can't be moved, then slacken them off just enough to allow it to spin freely
Big thanks for that – got the first disc off now.
Just for future reference though: the adjuster on my car (x-reg 9-5 Aero) turned out to be at the top, not the bottom. And you flick the adjuster upwards to undo it (on the offside, at least).
Is this the same for the 9-3ss ?
Welcome to the forums Freelance ...sounds like another satisfied customer ;D
Quote from: Guyver1 on 20 March 2012, 09:33:52 PM
Is this the same for the 9-3ss ?
No, the 9-3ss went back to the same system used on early models- a mechanical actuator on the piston