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installing rear bushing kit,how difficult to do,would i need special tools? 200

posted by  Volvodad on  Sun Apr 10 14:04 CST 2005
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Not simple, not quick, and yes you need some special tools. But do-able and saves a slug of shop labour cost.

Dave Shannon's excellent website used to have a section on rear bushing replacement but it seems to have evaporated. In there he described his unhappy experience with Scan-Tech rear TAB bushings - they wore out very quickly, which is a huge frustration given all the effort to replace them. He recommends that when buying from FCPGroton you specify that the bushings must be BOGE (OE supplier). This doesn't cost much more, and given the time (if you do it) or labour cost (if a shop does it), it's peanuts.

here's a home built tool page:
http://www-ese.fnal.gov/People/wilcer/volvo_trailing_arm_bushing_tool.htm

and the URL of a previous thread here about this job:
http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/index.htm?id=671853&show_all=1
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Bob (son's 81-244GL B21F, dtr's 83-244DL B23F, 'my' 94-944 B230FD; plus grocery-getter Dodge minivan, hobbycar 77 MGB, and a few old motorcycles)






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