What I am suggesting would require dropping the the subrame slightly on one end. So dropping the front slightly so you can get a washer and nut on the rear/top side of the subframe. The bolt only has to be long enough to reach the length of the bush under the subframe where you are trying to install...

Glad you got this figured out! What a pain you had to go through. It is weird that those 2 similar but different to the other 3 Volvo sub-frame bushes were seemingly un-useable. I would be talking to the supplier (Volvo dealer) about the fact you could not get them to fit. Easy to be smart after the...

"I can't be 100% confident the issue was with those two Volvo bushings. But considering how much I struggled with them, yet had no problem with any of the other Volvo/MCT bushings I tried that all pressed in with ease on the first try, I still have much suspicion there was some manufacturing i...

The chord is liable to breaking. It can be re-stringed but getting the correct tension takes a few attempts to get it just right The plunger isn't the easiest of items to dismantle, the bottom part of the plunger is tricky to separate and requires gentle persuasion. GB2.jpeg It took me several attem...

My 2004 XC70 had DIM (Driver Information Module) problems where the trip computer was stopping working and some of the gauges were dim (not bright). I watched a good YouTube video where the module was disassembled and the surface mounted electronics were re-soldered, AKA re-flowed, to fix the electr...