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Nivomat explained

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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Peace_Frog
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Nivomat explained

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Bonjour people,

My rear suspension is dead (1997 855 turbo AWD). While doing research on the subject I found this french forum with a great presentation of the subject. Of course, it's in french... but I thought the pictures might be of interest:

http://www.volvoforlife-fr.com/forum/vi ... php?t=2221

Also taken from this forum, this link to a (very) technical document about the nivomat shock technology. And this one is in english:

http://www.sachs.co.jp/owx_medien/media40/4085.pdf

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