good to hear you figured it out. I hate shady people
Ahhh! The nasty head of the crooked mo' fo' Volvo mechanic rears it's ugly face again.
After replacing nearly every front end part to rid the car of a nasty wobble when braking, I found that the 'new brakes' this car had done to it just before I bought it, and done by the crooked dis-honest Dallas based mechanic, did a piss-poor job, used s&**ty aftermarket parts, and was the result of all the wobble.
I pulled the calipers apart and found they were never lubed, the pins were dry and binding, pads were cheapo's, no shims, and the rotors were made in China garbage.
So the reciept says......$135 ea for Volvo rotors......$78 Volvo for pads, $12.95 for 'special brake lube.....ect. What crook. He even charged $15 to apply the 'special' lube that never got applied. I got a feeling this isn't the last thing I'll find. I spoke to a friend this morning who has had a lot of problems with his '93 850, and same thing happened to his car after a brake job. I told him about the crooked mechanic, and he asked "was it the guy at..........? I said yes, unfortunately that's him. I'm going to help him un-fix his brakes thie weekend.
Anyway, I took the rotors to get turned and they had a buldge in the orig surface which was causing the discs to act like they were warpped, but could not see any warpage. A few skin cuts and $20 solved that problem, and some syl-glide lube on the pins fixed the brake chatter and wobble.
Done and works great now.
So this brings me to my next modification to this car: 12" brakes up front.
Since the rotors are not up to my standards, they'll have to go sooner than later, and the calipers have 166k on them, so by looking at the pin wear, will probably need calipers & brackes soon. Instead of putting in the stock 11" replacements, I thought I'd go with the 12" disc's and adapter bracket from the 850/S/V70. I think the '95-up sedan w/16" wheels had 12" brakes, but my wagon came with 11"
Need a trip to the P&P
Oh and on the bushings, Volvo all the way, as mentioned Tasca is your friend.
I just pulled the flame trap & cleaned it, put tie wraps on the hoses, good as new.