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99 s70 cv boot replacement

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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j_cd
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Year and Model: 1998 S70 GLT
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Re: 99 s70 cv boot replacement

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If you unbolt the A-arm or Control Arm at the subframe you don't have to mess with the ball joint at all. We tried this recently and it did prove to be the more painless method. Plus you don't tear up the boot on the ball joint this way.

Brucebo
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Post by Brucebo »

j_cd wrote:If you unbolt the A-arm or Control Arm at the subframe you don't have to mess with the ball joint at all. We tried this recently and it did prove to be the more painless method. Plus you don't tear up the boot on the ball joint this way.
There is a very good post on this board, with pictures, on removing the engine. One subsection is on removing the axles. It shows, with pictures, the unbolting the Control Arm method you mention. Here is the post:

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums ... =1&t=28973

-Bruce

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