FK coil over fitting instructions
Simple question really, does anyone know if fitting instructions should come with a set of FK coil overs or atleast an explode view of the assembly? The FK website is pretty rubbish.
I think that the fitting is fine, but I was aware that I needed 2003-04 suspension tops. I assumed it was fronts that I needed, but the assembly on the front looks OK it is the rears that seem odd?
So Clunk, Clunk Clunk ....... SOLVED!!!!
So anyone who has met the Yellow V40 Since I swapped over to FK's wil have heard my Clunking sound everytime I turn the wheel. I had got used to it and wasn't that bothered, however whilst Gary (SiamBlue) was visiting we had a interesting discovery, which may assist people in the future who have just bought FK's whilst they are dirt cheap.....(git's mine were £250)..
So first post is SiamBlue's fitting
So today SiamBlue and I had a mini meet at my house to fit his FK's. 3.5 Hours job done!!.
The fitting was exactly the same as above and following a bit of advice from other we manufactured a couple of rubber pads, just to create a bit of friction to reduce the clunking sound...
This is what we made from a piece of innertube:
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...K/2b357d81.jpg
For Gary's car I made the inner cut out slightly narrower to ensure it didn't move too much, but it turned out not to be that important..
Once fitted it looked like this..(the more observant will quickly realise that this is a pic of my suspension without the rubber bushes not Gary's, but you get the drift).
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...K/IMG_1907.jpg
So as described above I don't need to repeat all of the rubbish above, and Siamblue's car:
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...K/92ae3bf9.jpg
Just taken off the stands.. still looked good
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...K/8f2f6e52.jpg
following a run....finished product.
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...K/614e8fec.jpg
We took the car for a 8mile drive...it was nice. Shorter travel does mean a bit of bottoming out, but it seemed a good balance of height vs. stiffness... so I guess it was job done.... one happy customer!!. (I earnt a new steering wheel for the V70...)
SO whay was Gary's quiet and mine wasn't it was time to find out...
So for the interesting discovery...
The weather was just holding out, so we decided to unbolt my suspension completely to assess if we could see anything....
Following dismantling we found this on the suspension top:
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...K/28863680.jpg
If you look closely you can see a small amount of scoring on the angled section of the top mount which wasn't supposed to be there??
Now we are talking millimetres but now to play spot the difference:
THIS IS BAD..
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...K/9f0adaea.jpg
THIS IS GOOD..
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...K/c8087b8d.jpg
We are talking fractions of a millimetre difference, but I hope you can see the minute gap which made all the difference.
We bolted mine back up and guess what... Silence!! All the difference is is a small white cover that sits on the Volvo original suspension top plastic bearing.
SO IF YOU BUY NEW... REMEMBER TO SAVE THE PLASTIC BEARING(or atleast the white plastic lid from the old units)..
I hope this helps people explain just what the issues were and we all have nice quiet cars in the future..
THE RESULTS..
It's OVLOV love...
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...K/8b71ab4a.jpg
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...K/9fe19e5c.jpg
THE REAL STAR OF THE DAY...This little baby..
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...K/087e574b.jpg
got to be the one of Gary's best Ebay purchase for a while...