Volvo S60

Replying to: qbrozen (Jun 04, 2008 7:36 am)

Thank you so very much for the insight! I'll keep you posted on what I find out

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Replying to: qbrozen (Jun 04, 2008 8:45 am)

Great! I will be selling the car so I guess the stock replacements will be fine.
Do you think the repair is simple enough for a beginner (and a female)? By the way that is not a trick question! If so, where could I find some simple demo/instructions?
 
Thanks once again

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Replying to: sbearb (Jun 04, 2008 9:37 am)

I took a quick look around and can't seem to find detailed instructions. However, I did find several people stating they had a problem with siezed endlinks ... so you may not want to tackle this. I would THINK you shouldn't be looking at more than $150 total to have a dealer replace them. If you want, though, to be sure, you can get under the car and grab hold of the endlink and see if it is loose. If you can easily turn it back and forth by hand, its definitely bad. The stock endlinks have rubber bushings where they attach to the swaybar and where they attach to the strut housing. When those wear out, the endlink can be wiggled without much effort. When new, it is pretty tough to turn them by hand. Here is a pic I found on volvospeed from a poster named "lookforjoe" to maybe help you identify it.
 

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Replying to: qbrozen (Jun 04, 2008 10:35 am)

You have gone ABOVE and BEYOND any help that I ever expected to get on a forum! Thank you for the time you took to assist someone who doesn't know much when it comes to this. By the way, the pic REALLY helps!

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Replying to: bbrimmer (Jun 22, 2008 4:34 pm)

I bought my S60 D5 SE at just over a year old. It's an ex-Volvo UK car and had 6500 miles on from new. Perfect condition in every way, great dealer and approx £7k under new list. Bit of a no-brainer for me. However, this is the U.K. and you can't get the D5 which is a crying shame as it's a stunner. Agree about the seats. Driving U.K. to Switzerland/Italy/Austria/Germany was completely pain free.
 
I'd probably buy the latest non-new car, with the best price, I could find...........unless there is some serious reason not to, (but can't think what).

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