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S80 T6 control arm bushing-removal/instalation

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ACk
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Joined: 5 December 2011
Year and Model: 2000 Volvo S80 T6
Location: Los angeles

S80 T6 control arm bushing-removal/instalation

Post by ACk »

Hi, here is a quick pictorial of the removal and installation of the control arm bushings. i decided to replace the bushings since the original Volvo arm was perfect, without any damage or bends.

1- i used a bushing removal tool from the local auto part store (O'rileys) and pressed the old bushings out, as you will notice one of the bushings was weak and completely came of in 2 pieces as i was removing it.

I have attached a few pix for you all with a few notes. It is pretty straight forward and a lil common sense ;)
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The rental tools from Oreily's auto parts. great solid tool, however using it to press the new bushings was a no go for me. I used a friends shop hydraulic press! BING!!!
The rental tools from Oreily's auto parts. great solid tool, however using it to press the new bushings was a no go for me. I used a friends shop hydraulic press! BING!!!
The broken bushings (old ones)
The broken bushings (old ones)
I lightly sanded the inner housing of the control arm, to clean it up a bit and for easy pressing/installation, i used a 600 grit.
I lightly sanded the inner housing of the control arm, to clean it up a bit and for easy pressing/installation, i used a 600 grit.
i used this hydraulic press, pay close attention, to the control arm round housing, it has a tapered side and a flat side, you want to press it from the tapered side in, which would be positioned up ones its done. The bushing bolt/rubber hole has a short head and a long head, the long head is the UP side once pressed in, in case you forgot how you took it out, in my case ;)
i used this hydraulic press, pay close attention, to the control arm round housing, it has a tapered side and a flat side, you want to press it from the tapered side in, which would be positioned up ones its done. The bushing bolt/rubber hole has a short head and a long head, the long head is the UP side once pressed in, in case you forgot how you took it out, in my case ;)
pressed in perfect, i sprayed a little bit of DW40 along the edges as well.
pressed in perfect, i sprayed a little bit of DW40 along the edges as well.
k .. so here is the final result, the higher part of the bushing was pressed from the bottom tapered opening, it will not go in the other entrance, which is sharp and flat, it will crush it if you attempt to press it and will get stuck!!!
k .. so here is the final result, the higher part of the bushing was pressed from the bottom tapered opening, it will not go in the other entrance, which is sharp and flat, it will crush it if you attempt to press it and will get stuck!!!
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Dirtbag454
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Joined: 7 April 2012
Year and Model: S-80 2000, C70 2004
Location: United States

Post by Dirtbag454 »

Hi ACk: I have a post in which I am looking for this very information. I did not know that the bushing hole was tapered (haven't yet removed the control arm) this is good information. I suspect that the taper limits the depth which the bushing can be set, so I shouldn't have to worry about pressing it "out of spec". Did you replace the smaller horizontal bushing as well? If so, how did you get that one out? The position of the bushing would make for an interesting fixture to hold the control arm in a press.
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ACk
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Joined: 5 December 2011
Year and Model: 2000 Volvo S80 T6
Location: Los angeles

Post by ACk »

Hi Dirtbag, no i did not replace the horizontal bushing , as it had no damages, now on the round bushing, the tapered end of it is made so the tapered end of the bushing it self slides in easy and in one direction, i tried at first to press in the flat area of the arm, however it was difficult right from the start, because i did not notice the tapered edge of the control arm. However now that im looking at the work i did , im wondering if the longer piece of the bushing is sitting correctly , please verify that, i cant seem to find a good picture which shows the correct side up, i think i did it correctly. FYI, for the horizontal bushing there is a video on you tube and it looks like a U-Shaped rectangular piece of metal, like an oxygen sensor socket, with a slit on the site that would fit over the bushing to hold it in place.
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