WHAT NEXT?????? Subframe mounts shot and antiroll bar bushes!!!

**Wally Dog** · Wednesday 25th July 2012, 16:19

Just had a call from my friendly grease monkey - as above, the subframe mounts are banjaxed as are the anti-roll bar bushes.

All I can say is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHH!

Anyone wanna give me £230 as a wedding presant???

**M-R-P** · Wednesday 25th July 2012, 16:21

Poly arb bushes are pretty cheap and I expect Rufe can give you a good price on subframe bushes.
Something to do at the next softies meet

**t5 pete** · Wednesday 25th July 2012, 16:31

Originally Posted by martinrpeachey

Poly arb bushes are pretty cheap and I expect Rufe can give you a good price on subframe bushes.
Something to do at the next softies meet

Lol you must bring some tackle to the softies meets the arb bushes are a pig to do as there cast on so need all cutting off and then just need a engine crane for the sub frame bushes ide say if you can do the job your self it should cost you around 100 In parts

**oblark** · Wednesday 25th July 2012, 16:44

I Got my anti roll bushes from here

http://www.partsforvolvosonline.com/...oducts_id=6767

Sub frame bushes

3 of these ;- http://www.partsforvolvosonline.com/...oducts_id=4532

And 1 of these :- http://www.partsforvolvosonline.com/...oducts_id=4533

Your "wooly" handling was not your steering rack after all it was your sub frame bushes, this is why I fitted alloy bushes

**nottsgreent5** · Wednesday 25th July 2012, 16:46

A freind of my has a c70 cab sub fram for sale wiyh ally bushes and added bracing for sale ment to ne a good mod if your intresded

**Wally Dog** · Thursday 26th July 2012, 23:28

Thanks guys - got my mate to spend the last 2 days on the car so I've got some new shiny bits - 850R clutch, standatd volvo 20mm anti-roll bar and bushes, new standard front subframe bushes, new(ish) steering rack, new track rod ends and new steering rack gaters! Problem is, clutch doesn't work properly but I'll put another post up about that particular feckinf em§§§§§§ance!!

Turns out my old steering rack had been leaking on the rear subframe bushes for some time and the subframe bushes were FUBAR! I saw them last night and could completely understand my wooly handling as soon as I saw that they were oval!! So no point putting the rack and not doing the track rod ends. Car feels much more planted but need to get the tracking laser lined tomorrow before I can comment fully. Didn't want to go down the poly bush route, as that would have massively increased the noise in the cabin and I'm already having reservations about the poly bush top mount!

**t5 pete** · Thursday 26th July 2012, 23:41

Originally Posted by Wally Dog

Thanks guys - got my mate to spend the last 2 days on the car so I've got some new shiny bits - 850R clutch, standatd volvo 20mm anti-roll bar and bushes, new standard front subframe bushes, new(ish) steering rack, new track rod ends and new steering rack gaters! Problem is, clutch doesn't work properly but I'll put another post up about that particular feckinf em§§§§§§ance!!

Turns out my old steering rack had been leaking on the rear subframe bushes for some time and the subframe bushes were FUBAR! I saw them last night and could completely understand my wooly handling as soon as I saw that they were oval!! So no point putting the rack and not doing the track rod ends. Car feels much more planted but need to get the tracking laser lined tomorrow before I can comment fully. Didn't want to go down the poly bush route, as that would have massively increased the noise in the cabin and I'm already having reservations about the poly bush top mount!

Thats good news shame about the clutch tho what problems you having

**M-R-P** · Friday 27th July 2012, 08:01

Ditch the poly top mount mate if youre worried, although you've been in mine with poly top and lower mounts and it wasn't that bad, deffo go for the wishbone polys tho. Really easy, if time consuming (took me 3-4 hours to do a P1 set) the cabin noise is not really noticeable but the difference in ride is epic.
I say to everybody, pound for pound the best mod you can do for these cars and so far, nobody has disagreed (at least nobody of any consequence lol)

**oblark** · Friday 27th July 2012, 08:30

Poly bushing the anti roll bar and the wishbones will not increase cabin noise it just improves road holding.

After a few weeks you will hardly notice the cabin noise.

You`ll have to sit in mine will the engine running

**V70 Graham** · Friday 27th July 2012, 17:02

Originally Posted by martinrpeachey

Ditch the poly top mount mate if youre worried, although you've been in mine with poly top and lower mounts and it wasn't that bad, deffo go for the wishbone polys tho. Really easy, if time consuming (took me 3-4 hours to do a P1 set) the cabin noise is not really noticeable but the difference in ride is epic.
I say to everybody, pound for pound the best mod you can do for these cars and so far, nobody has disagreed (at least nobody of any consequence lol)

Word for word the best post you'll read all day imho