Both sides are the same. I completely agree--if I have to get in there to replace one thing, I'd prefer to just bite the bullet and fix everything that is nearing the end of it's useful life. Unfortunately none of this is work I can do myself--so I'll be paying labor hours regardless. It sounds like...

How to test for a totally ruined spring seat: Open the hood, put a wrench on the top nut, on top of the strut tower. Try to rotate the top nut, although don't crank on it or force it. You should meet resistance. If not, if the nut spins, then the spring seat is wasted. If you meet resistance it may...

Can it wait until spring? Or is it a safety issue? If you had to go to a shop in Omaha, where would you go? Our local guy has ordered Volvo parts for the work he's done, and if I insisted I'm sure he'd replace the springs seats and bushings for me even if he didn't think that was the problem. Other ...

I'm about 45 minutes from Lincoln. Kansas City is about 3 hours away. The dealer in Omaha is about 90 minutes. I think it's the closest. Correct me if I'm wrong...to replace the strut mount bushing and the spring seat, I have to remove the strut and realign, right? If so, I'll have to have a shop do...

Newbie here...posting on this tread in hopes that it's not dead as I've already learned so much from it. Thanks! I have a 1996 850 that's making a noise in the strut mounts--I'm thinking the problem is spring seats. It creaks and groans like the front end is coming off on all but the smoothest roads...