What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

Post by **abscate** » 12 Mar 2020, 10:40

Get working on those bolts. After 20 years of Boston, they will be Charlie Foxtrot Stuck

On reflection, I think I would Dremel them off at first sign of problem. Nuts are on bottom, and bolts on top. Replace all of these, of course, with Hardware from Lowes real hardware from Volvo.

2 #7 987186
4#8 985358
4 #9 3546077

$40 of Volvo hardware Nirvana.

Post by **BlackBart** » 13 Mar 2020, 20:36

....hardware from Lowe’s. ..

Haha!

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 13 Mar 2020, 20:48

Yeah, but that's like $10 at Lowe's! Lol

Post by **smacknab** » 13 Mar 2020, 21:16

Replaced my control arms because it's the only thing I haven't touched on the suspension at this point and I burnt the boot last weekend with the torch.

Replaced front rotors and pads with FCP lifetime warranty because my friend and I messed up and put the pads in backwards and messed those up too.

Also replaced one rear inner trailing arm bushing which apparently was totally disintegrated. It was a bit of a pain.

Post by **abscate** » 13 Mar 2020, 23:38

Ok, you got me. How do you put pads in backward? Come clean and ye shall be absovolvoed

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 14 Mar 2020, 08:55

Also curious how that happened! My cousin in FL had the brake pads put on backwards on his CTS once a few years back... the DEALER did it! Fortunately he does his own work now.

Post by **smacknab** » 14 Mar 2020, 09:46

Honestly it was just rushing after doing my entire suspension and anxious to test it out. I decided to replace the knuckle on that side (the one I had drilled into) and so I had taken everything apart and yeah just I super dumb mistake. So glad I ordered the brakes from FCP.

Did both my inner trailing arm bushings- one looked like this, so I'm glad I did these! At the alignment shop now, excited to have all of this done

Post by **abscate** » 14 Mar 2020, 10:06

I harvested a nice Volvo cat and exhaust fromClarke the 1998. A brake booster , and the OXS sensors

Post by **BlackBart** » 14 Mar 2020, 17:28

abscate wrote: ↑13 Mar 2020, 23:38 Ok, you got me. How do you put pads in backward? Come clean and ye shall be absovolvoed

I would think it would make a lot of nasty metal on metal noise!

99commutervolvos70 · Post by **99commutervolvos70** » 14 Mar 2020, 18:00

Replaced the Front Brake pads and Rotors on my '99 GLT
I went with Textar again, Since Powerstop dropped the ball and sent the wrong pads.
I really wanted to see If the powerstop pads kick out less dust...

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