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Jul 29th, 2006, 01:18 | #1 |
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Swapping rear suspension parts
I discovered the creak in my o/s/r suspension was not the link arm or the upper arm, but was actually the trailing arm front bush. I decided to swap this with my other s40, easiest thing was to swap the whole arm complete with hub, disc etc. I will swap the other brake disc and pads too, as that way I end up with my nice new discs and pads on the car I intend to keep.
I did this job today. While I was there, I discovered the upper link arm also had a slight bit of creak that I hadn't noticed before so as it was easy to do I swapped that as well. The link arm was ok so I left that attached to the body. This meant I did not have to undo and mess about with the bolt which is used to adjust the rear toe setting. My question is this: as I have swapped the upper link arm on the o/s should I also swap the one on the n/s. I would prefer not to bother and can't really see as it should make a difference, but one presumes the one I now have on the o/s is less worn than the un-swapped one on the n/s. What do you think? Incidentally, after all done I noticed a very slight creak from the NEAR side which was 100% never there before! However, I concluded that the car was just trying to wind me up so I have ignored it . I am not swapping the other trailing arm any time soon, I have basically fitted 2 new arms and that is more than enough for the time being! If you've got a pit or a set of ramps you don't know how lucky you are....!! Pete |
Jul 29th, 2006, 18:33 | #2 |
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Swop them both, the creaking was coming from the upper link arm, its a common problem,
Dealer only part at moment but i've heard rummers that there not going to be for much longer
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Jul 30th, 2006, 19:11 | #3 |
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Cheers, yep I have swapped that too now as I was swapping the disc/pads on that side as well (now the "new" car has the new set of discs).
But bummer discovered that now need a new caliper bracket on n/s/r as the one on there is unservicable coz one of the caliper guide pins has seized. Tried lubricant, heat, freeze spray, force, hammer, nope nothing will move it the b*gger. New one £25 from volvo, not so bad I s'pose. Pete |
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