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Re: $1183 for labor!! 200 87

posted by  someone claiming to be Robert Wegrzen on  Fri Nov 17 13:18 CST 2000 [RELATED]

Scott,

Take a look at your ball joints and see if there are 4 bolt holes on the mounting flange. If they are like the ones on my 86 240 you won't even need a ball joint separator - they just unbolt from the control arm.

You may need a tool to separate the tie rod ends. iIn my experience it's better to use one of the screw types since they don't damage the rubber seal on the tie rod - useful for separating this part without damage when you don't plan to replace it.

You will also need a large diameter spanner tool to undo and tighten the upper shock absorber nut that you have to reach though the spring. I guess you could attack it with a screwdriver, but once you round it off you'r in trouble.

The 20 ton hydraulic jack that I purchased many years ago had paid for itself many times over with the use it gets with bushings and bearings on my Volvo. Sometimes you can use a socket from your ratchet set as a drift to press out bushings. I've collected some pieces of pipe joint to use in place of some of the Volvo counterholds.





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