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Suspension 740 1990 leans to left

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blackvolvo95
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Suspension 740 1990 leans to left

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My 1990 740 with 300K miles leans slightly to the left. Has done this for years. Alignment seems good and there is no noise. Is there something I should consider correcting?

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Post by JDS60R »

Nope

I assume the car is mainly driven with only one person.
You can lube the sway bar bushings with Sil-glyde ( do not use a petroleum based grease here) and then put the car up on jack stands for a few hours. This will let the spring strech back out a little. It will always lean a little now but if the tires wear correctly its fine.

The way bar busings sometimes bind up and hold one side of the car down. Use only silicone grease. I like to disconnect the sway bar end links and slide the bar a little left to right as I apply the grease to the front and rear sway bars (technically they are called anti sway bars).

Let us know how this turned out
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