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How to Replace Front Bumper Shocks?? Anyone? 900

posted by  volvo940 on  Sun Aug 28 10:10 CST 2005
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I need to replace the driver's side front bumper shock of my sister's Volvo 940. HOnestly I have no idea how to do it. I removed the bumper. I can see that there are two bolts which go through the "box" (case) that houses the shock. Do i just need to remove those, insert the new one and put them back? Does anyone know how to do it? I'd really appreciate any info and advice.








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    How to Replace Front Bumper Shocks?? Anyone? 900

    posted by  c_j_mooney on  Mon Aug 29 03:24 CST 2005
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    Those 2 bolts come out and there's one more that goes straight down through the frame rail in the engine compartment, bloody big sucker that's going to take a bit of grunting and a long extension to remove. Aside from that, now that the bumper's off it's a piece of cake. Just don't stand in front of that compressed shock, treat it like it's dynamite with a lit fuse. I believe Volvo recommends drilling a 1/8" hole into it, through rags, wearing safety glasses & gloves, to relieve any residual pressure although it is designed to vent the gas charge once it's compressed beyond a certain point. Free advice, treat it as such, I'm just going from memory on that.
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    Chris, Dartmouth NS Canada 70 M-B 280SE, 83 245DL, 84 244 turbo, 90 780 turbo, 92 VW Golf, 90 740 Rex/Regina







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