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New front control arms - what a difference! 850

posted by  someone claiming to be jeffery47 on  Mon Jan 19 03:06 CST 2004 [RELATED]

I just had new fron lower control arms put on my 1995 855. The ride has improved, especially handling the bumps of winter roads. The front wheels seem more composed, even though I have had Bilstein sport struts and shocks on for a while now.

When I had the car in for a flat tire patch, I was shown the play in the drivers side wheel, fore and aft. The passenger side was fine, but I elected to have both replaced, since an alignment is required afterwards, and I know that if I only replaced one, the other would go very soon thereafter.

I consider the durability of the control arms pretty good - mine were original in car driven in Michigan its whole life with 150,000 miles. If the new pair last til 300,000 miles, then I will be very happy, to say the least.








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    New front control arms - what a difference! 850

    posted by  someone claiming to be jeffery47 on  Tue Jan 20 04:59 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    Since my garage is full, my 850 sits outside. I wanted to do it myself, but it's really cold here in Michigan right now (10 degrees). I didn't want to re-create an Eastern Front type of WW2 tank repair situation, so I took it to Swedish Engineering. Out the door, including a parking brake adjustment, was about $550 or so. The parts were about 125 each, and I had a 4 wheel alignment done too. I saw the parts on ebay, but with the winter weather, I had to bite the bullet on this one. Overall, though, I am happy with the repair and the price was reasonable, too.








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    New front control arms - what a difference! 850

    posted by  Ady on  Mon Jan 19 05:31 CST 2004
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    Hi...
    I have the same problem with my 94... on the passenger side.
    How much a job like that cost?
    What kind of arm did you used ( OEM ,aftermarket ,volvo parts)?

    Ady








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      New front control arms - what a difference! 850 1995

      posted by  HO on  Mon Jan 19 06:19 CST 2004
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      I got mine from ebay, it was Volvo parts, left and right sides. The price was about $120 per side. I did the replacement myself. I started with the right (passenger side). It took me 2 hours to take the old arm out. About 30 minutes to lose the ball joint out of the socket. I took my time to do the replacement. For the left side, it went much more faster since I knew the trick to lose the ball joint out of it's socket.

      Ching-Ho Cheng
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      1995 855 NA, Bilstein Strut & Shocks, Volvo Protective Grill, K&N Filter, E-Code Lens, Alpine CD-Changer, AutoDim RearView Mirror, 6000K HID







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