Loaner Tool - Volvo part #: 9995497

[Archer]

Yes...I have Rein motor mounts and the Rein strut spring seats are well received.

[GlennG2759]

I found this job not as hard as I expected to be. A lot of users burn them out, I went with 5/16 4 flute 2 sided end mill in a drill. It worked great because you can hog out a lot of material quickly. You can purchase them from McMaster Carr. When installing grease em up and walk them
In by using small sledge and 3/4"
X 2' pc. of pipe. Metal conduit pipe worked fine. If you go the drill route stock up you'll probably break a few. If the links are bad you'll notice a huge difference. Good Luck

[WhatAmIDoing]

I ended up paying a Volvo indie to do this job on my then 250k mi S70, and I'm glad I did. Even with all the proper tools and experience at their disposal, he said it took them over 12 hours just to get the old links out. $500 I do not regret spending.

Go with Lemforder. This is seriously a job you never want to do again. Not worth the risk of a full weekend's worth of labor IMHO.

[Archer]

Wow...I was all set to follow GlennG2759's lead and use end mill frill bits, thanks for brightening my day, ha! Seems like a hit or miss project...and I want to go with Lemforder, but I trust in Rein, too.

[abscate]

he said it took them over 12 hours just to get the old links out. $500 I do not regret spending.

12 hours on a lift, vs ????? lying on your back and doing that pounding

$500 indeed well spent.

[erikv11]

I did this by dropping the trailing arms and removing them completely from the car. The you can do any grunt work on the garage floor with total access, it is much easier and as long as you have a press tool I can't possibly see spending 12 hours on it. Even if you do, very little of that is on your back.

The drawback is you have to clean up the rusty old brake lines back there, that attach to the trailing arms.