Spring in Load Cover

[Jamest5r]

Mine won't retract anymore, can they be fixed? cheers

[850 t5 vs 600cc]

Mine has done the same thing and all i can find is a complete one and it was £40. Not that important..

[dicky b t5]

Yes they can be fixed....but it is a pain to do. I did mine about 2yrs ago with SuperGlue and 2 3" Screws.

Its not something you can explain...you've just got to take it apart and work it out.

Good luck.

DB.

[phil_woods]

mine was knackered so i replaced it luckily for me i sourced a free one. It was the plastic bits on the end which had broken on mine and not the spring.

Good luck though

[cookie]

I fixed mine on 850 when I had one, and was glue and screw, and working out how to tension recoil spring

I had the early one with the inbuilt parcel shelf

[Big Ron]

Mine has done the same thing and all i can find is a complete one and it was £40. Not that important..

can you please tell me where you got one from because mine has also stopped retracting

[smudgethecat]

can you please tell me where you got one from because mine has also stopped retracting

dont want to state the bleedin obvious.... but e bay or one of the many volvo breakers such as salvo might be a good place to start, failing that im sure volvo will flog you one at some outrageous price

[JUDGENINJA]

As stated above, you can fix them really easily, once you've figured out how the mechanism works. The ends used to shoot off mine, so rewinding each time was a pain...

Its a bit like rewindng a tape measure, if you get it wrong then... Twang!!!! Start all over again...

[850 2.5 10v]

I fixed mine on 850 when I had one, and was glue and screw, and working out how to tension recoil spring

I had the early one with the inbuilt parcel shelf


Why the hell didn't you get in touch with me when I was selling mine on the forum???

I wanted £15 for one just like yours with the shelf!

Worked perfectly.

I say 'worked' as I took it to the local tip as nobody wanted it...

[woz]

Mine won't retract anymore, can they be fixed? cheers

Aha - I think I just got my answer ;>)
Woz

[Jamest5r]

Aha - I think I just got my answer ;>)
Woz

If you have any luck mate let me know, took mine apart three tiny screws on each end, took the roller out, got lost after that no joy!!

[Rhys]

If you have any luck mate let me know, took mine apart three tiny screws on each end, took the roller out, got lost after that no joy!!

Done that - going to put a couple of copper tube sleaves over the plastic bit and crimp it on hopefully - then secure it with some screws. Will let you all know if it works. Nothing to loose as mine is kapput now.

[Dangerous Dave]

Yeah, I'm working on some copper sleeves at the moment. Gonna have a flange on them so I can screw them to the ends to beef it up.

[Rhys]

Yeah, I'm working on some copper sleeves at the moment. Gonna have a flange on them so I can screw them to the ends to beef it up.

Sounds like a plan..
Think I might have to go to my folks house and pinch the use of their cellar as my dad has a little workshop in there (ex-York Carriage works engineer). Might be able to make up some brackets of some sort - can't be too hard (famous last words lol)

[Dangerous Dave]

Well, I'm using standard 15mm copper pipe. The plastic ends need trimming a bit, so I pushed it into the drill chuck (I have no lathe) and used sandpaper to wear it down (only needs a tiny bit). Now I've cut two slits down the side of the pipe to corresdpond with the slits in the plastic bit, and then I folded the ends over to match the angle of the big end cap. Now I have to strengthen the flanges somehow (bracing). Thinking that solder is too weak, I need to find something else.

[Dangerous Dave]

Needs some tidying up, but should be good when finished......

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s101/bomb192uk/10092009172.jpg

[cookie]

Why the hell didn't you get in touch with me when I was selling mine on the forum???

I wanted £15 for one just like yours with the shelf!

Worked perfectly.

I say 'worked' as I took it to the local tip as nobody wanted it...

they were on the 93MY only IIRC,

and

I repaired mine when I had an 850, which was 10 years ago ;), I sold it nearly 5 years Ago, when I got the V70 :)