How to polybush your wishbones while changing shocks

[JamesT5]

Yikes, that looks pretty hard work, both the shocks and the polybush fitting! I think it would take me about a week to do that job, and by the time I've added on the cost of buying the tools with my limited finds, I'd have no funds left for the parts.

I think I'll just buy a standard new wishbone and bolt it on too, it will save me a lot of hassle and I will probably need only my standard tool kit and some muscle to change it.

Regards

James

[ShadeTek]

Is the steel liner embedded into the wishbone supposed to be left or hackswaed out? When I fitted my 850 polybushes I removed the liner and it all fitted well. Do the instructions say to remove it? Nice write up btw, I may need to do mine soon so I am glad I found this.

[M-R-P]

Yikes, that looks pretty hard work, both the shocks and the polybush fitting! I think it would take me about a week to do that job, and by the time I've added on the cost of buying the tools with my limited finds, I'd have no funds left for the parts.

I think I'll just buy a standard new wishbone and bolt it on too, it will save me a lot of hassle and I will probably need only my standard tool kit and some muscle to change it.

Regards

James

or keep the old wishbones and send them to me and ill fit the polys for you when you have the fourty quid for the bushes and you can can fit them as-and-when. ; )

Is the steel liner embedded into the wishbone supposed to be left or hackswaed out? When I fitted my 850 polybushes I removed the liner and it all fitted well. Do the instructions say to remove it? Nice write up btw, I may need to do mine soon so I am glad I found this.

the 850 ones are easier than the P2 ones, providing you have a good bench vice. you drive the whole bush out in one piece, steel liner 'n' all.

[ShadeTek]

This may have been asked already, but why not take the arm off the car?

[M-R-P]

to see if it could be done and if it made life any easier or quicker.

[ShadeTek]

I''m thinking, to remove the old bush rubber, a jigsaw or some kind of reciprocating blade would be a good idea to mash that up nice n quick.

[M-R-P]

When I removed the old rod, there wasn't much rubber left on it (see pic) and burning it in stages gave me time to remove the outer sleeve from the wishbone. Even after cutting the rubber off (be bloody careful) you'd still be burning it down to bare metal. The rod MUST be clean before attempting to fit it to the new bush.

[JamesT5]

I've just managed to get my old bush out of one my old wishbones. I'm relieved to see that on the face of things, the bar looks like a genuine Volvo one so the Polybush will fit. Getting bush out took hours and a lot of hard effort and I've yet to clean the wishbone hole out or burn any rubber off the old rod but things are looking more hopeful.

This is a good thread! Request to moderator/admin, can this be made a 'Sticky' thread please?

Regards

James

[JamesT5]

Ok, so some pictures of my mega drilling session these last two days. I've been taking the front bushes out of my old wishbones and what a pain in the §§§§ it's been. I have to say though, the second wishbone bush was out within about 30 minutes as I was a bit braver with the drill (hence all the broken Bosch drill pieces!)

I'm going to order some Polybushes and then spend another few hours pulling faces trying to fitt them. Should be worth it though as I plan to sell them at the end of it all......



I'll post some more pictures when I've done the next stage (probably later next week).

[stephenevans99]

Are they genuine Volvo suspension arms James?

[M-R-P]

Are they genuine Volvo suspension arms James?

The rods don't look genuine.

[stephenevans99]

If they're after market arms James, it may not be worth your effort. Most folks prefer genuine Volvo wishbones....maybe I'm wrong.

[JamesT5]

They are genuine Volvo ones - they've got Volvo embossed on them!

[stephenevans99]

Good stuff.....didn't want all that hard work go to waste !!

[partsforvolvos.com]

the problem with the above can be that some aftermarket bushes have a straight rod, but the genuine volvo has a step down in the middle so it is thinner .
this means if you tried to fit powerflex inserts to a straight aftermarket rod, then it is too wide to go back into the casing without the step.

james is getting the latest type of poly bush, with the rods already in so no possibility of this hiccup.

[M-R-P]

The rod in the pics do indeed step down to the middle but I'm 90% sure its a pattern one tho. The genuine ones are chamfered not stepped like the ones in the pics.

[partsforvolvos.com]

could be

[JamesT5]

New bushes ordered. I look forward to getting them pressed in to the arms and see how they look........

[graemewelch]

mine were solid and they were genuine volvo items.

[JamesT5]

I tried using a junior hacksaw blade to cut the casing out and the blade didn't even make a scratch in it! I may have to drill away some of it and then lever it out with a screwdriver, obviously being careful not to damage the arm itself.