Thanks for sharing, just finished this job on my 2010 XC70 d5. Wasn't easy to do on the driveway without a lift, but doable. The car handles a lot better now. Well worth the effort.
Do you have to remove the coil spring or strut? Other videos of old Volvo models didn’t remove spring. I am thinking about replacing whole trailing control arm. Not sure how easy to complete the job on driveway. I do have big wooden ramps to support the car. Thank you.
It's amazing that with as long as we've been working on cars, and they're so tech intensive, that we all seem to use chunks of wood at some point during repair 🙂
Thanks for this video. It is nice to watch them. Always learning something new. The bushings of my Volvo are still good but good to know there is an alternative to the original ones. Keep up the good work. Kind regards from the Netherlands.
Hello! Thanks! too good Video. I greased the inside of the metal hole with a little grease. (Blue). Got it from Mechanic from my job. Hope it wasn't stupidly done. So that the rubber bushings are not destroyed. Thanks! from Tommy Bertilsson from Sweden
Could you not just press in with a big c-clamp? Im planning on doing it without pulling the arm completely off and dont know if finding the press tool is possible. Thanks
Thank you for your video. Do you have to remove the coil spring? I am thinking about replacing whole rear trailing control arm for my 2012 xc60. Right now it makes squeaky noise and getting worse and worse. Btw, my car is 2012 xc60 fwd 3.2 l
Doing this on my '11 XC60 now, found another video where you don't need to compress the spring to remove it...simply undo the bolt tying the two arms together, they're not under much if any pressure, I then had to use a jack or prying action to separate them. Then simply lower side arm and remove spring (or, I guess, leave the spring in place).
not only to stop squeaking. The rear trailing arm bushing on cars built on the same frame (v70 08-16, xc70 08-16, s60 and many more) all have this issue. This bushing gets bad in a few years and the car starts to wobble on the road, or handles poorly. That is the main reason. This is a solution if you never want to change it again
Bought the trailing arm bushings from fcpeuro. It’s not an easy job on driveway, but it’s doable with pushing tool. Unfortunately, one big 18mm bolt thread was shot, anyone knows that what is the thread pitch. The 2x18 mm bolt thread is 14mm, length is 42mm. My thread in one hole is messed up. Try to find out what the thread pitch is. It’s not m14x1.25, compared with spark plug. It could be m14x2? Or m14x1.5? Could anyone double check it for me? I need buy a tap to fix the thread. Thank you
Im just curious. Can this bushing cause severe clunking when going over small bumps at low speeds? I am beting its the subframe bushes, but i have not got the opportunity to inspect it. Its my fathers car.
Got full set front and back over 1200€ no instructions as u are saying and no grease. Now waiting for mechanics to finish fitting hope it was worth to spend those money.
Pretty sure this is the same as the mk4 mondeo, galaxy etc so you can do both sides in an hour without removing the arm from the car, using the special press tool.
@@pgreenx you dont need to remove the whole trailing arm, just remove the bolts on the bushing, and 1 or 2 other bolts then you can pull down the arm enough to remove the old and put in the new bushing. thats how I've seen others do it.
It took me more than a day to do the whole job without being a professional mechanic, but it cost me only a total 35$ with the OE Lemforder bushing pressed in (second option in this video). So I think it is worth it to DIY, but it is still a very intensive labor job!
Hi. I se what you are trying to do here. And im all for it. But you need to take this video down. This is all wrong. The bushings need to be mounted propperly, and they are suposed to go at a spesific angle. Wich is why you need the spesial tool you mention. By Just pressing them in, you wil get exessive tyre ware. The poly bushes you fitt, wil not keep the trailing arm in the corect angle. Ok for track use i guess, but not for every day use. Also, cutting the bushings like you did release some toxic fumes. You defenetly dont want to breathe them in. How do i know? I am a Volvo master tech, i have had to redo many many cars where somone Who does not know how to do this propperly, has done what you have done here. Btw, changing both these bushings at the dealer takes no more then 1.5 hours, for both.
@@donstevens7847 its suposed to be at an angle, unless the Black part has a spesific angle engine red into it, i doubt it wil be corect. And it wil be subject to wear, and incorecrt fittment .
Thanks for sharing, just finished this job on my 2010 XC70 d5. Wasn't easy to do on the driveway without a lift, but doable. The car handles a lot better now. Well worth the effort.
Do you have to remove the coil spring or strut? Other videos of old Volvo models didn’t remove spring. I am thinking about replacing whole trailing control arm. Not sure how easy to complete the job on driveway. I do have big wooden ramps to support the car. Thank you.
It's amazing that with as long as we've been working on cars, and they're so tech intensive, that we all seem to use chunks of wood at some point during repair 🙂
Thanks for this video. It is nice to watch them. Always learning something new. The bushings of my Volvo are still good but good to know there is an alternative to the original ones. Keep up the good work. Kind regards from the Netherlands.
Hello! Thanks! too good Video. I greased the inside of the metal hole with a little grease. (Blue). Got it from Mechanic from my job. Hope it wasn't stupidly done. So that the rubber bushings are not destroyed. Thanks! from Tommy Bertilsson from Sweden
Could you not just press in with a big c-clamp? Im planning on doing it without pulling the arm completely off and dont know if finding the press tool is possible. Thanks
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Thank you for your video. Do you have to remove the coil spring? I am thinking about replacing whole rear trailing control arm for my 2012 xc60. Right now it makes squeaky noise and getting worse and worse. Btw, my car is 2012 xc60 fwd 3.2 l
Doing this on my '11 XC60 now, found another video where you don't need to compress the spring to remove it...simply undo the bolt tying the two arms together, they're not under much if any pressure, I then had to use a jack or prying action to separate them. Then simply lower side arm and remove spring (or, I guess, leave the spring in place).
Hey Adam, what is the max torque of your impact gun?
Thanks!
All just to make it stop squeaking
not only to stop squeaking. The rear trailing arm bushing on cars built on the same frame (v70 08-16, xc70 08-16, s60 and many more) all have this issue. This bushing gets bad in a few years and the car starts to wobble on the road, or handles poorly. That is the main reason. This is a solution if you never want to change it again
@John-Is-My-Name Cool. Appreciate it.
Bought the trailing arm bushings from fcpeuro. It’s not an easy job on driveway, but it’s doable with pushing tool. Unfortunately, one big 18mm bolt thread was shot, anyone knows that what is the thread pitch. The 2x18 mm bolt thread is 14mm, length is 42mm. My thread in one hole is messed up. Try to find out what the thread pitch is. It’s not m14x1.25, compared with spark plug. It could be m14x2? Or m14x1.5? Could anyone double check it for me? I need buy a tap to fix the thread. Thank you
Thanks for the video. Which model of spring compressor did you use?
Im just curious. Can this bushing cause severe clunking when going over small bumps at low speeds?
I am beting its the subframe bushes, but i have not got the opportunity to inspect it. Its my fathers car.
Can a bad trail bushing casue car to be lower ln one side?
is 381mm also for the Cross Country models?
I hope so
Hi
I have 2017 v60 t6 and and concern in rear Tyre wears from inside also it has 260k km mileage what could be possible reason?
how long did it take you to replace thje bushing?
Got full set front and back over 1200€ no instructions as u are saying and no grease. Now waiting for mechanics to finish fitting hope it was worth to spend those money.
Thank you, perfect video
Pretty sure this is the same as the mk4 mondeo, galaxy etc so you can do both sides in an hour without removing the arm from the car, using the special press tool.
Is 381 mm same for xc70?
Is it normal for this part to squeak on bumps?
Yes
Holy fugg this is labor intensive…
Anyone managed this install with G clamps?
What a pain in the nuts.
Im from sweden and this method is super ineffective
What’s better
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@@pgreenx you dont need to remove the whole trailing arm, just remove the bolts on the bushing, and 1 or 2 other bolts then you can pull down the arm enough to remove the old and put in the new bushing. thats how I've seen others do it.
@@John-Is-My-Name ok - can you please pst a video with details
It's Too labor intensive, perhaps it's worth it to pay $900 to get it done at a qualified mechanic shop.
Mine was only 600$ with alignment
It took me more than a day to do the whole job without being a professional mechanic, but it cost me only a total 35$ with the OE Lemforder bushing pressed in (second option in this video). So I think it is worth it to DIY, but it is still a very intensive labor job!
Hi.
I se what you are trying to do here. And im all for it.
But you need to take this video down.
This is all wrong.
The bushings need to be mounted propperly, and they are suposed to go at a spesific angle. Wich is why you need the spesial tool you mention.
By Just pressing them in, you wil get exessive tyre ware.
The poly bushes you fitt, wil not keep the trailing arm in the corect angle.
Ok for track use i guess, but not for every day use.
Also, cutting the bushings like you did release some toxic fumes. You defenetly dont want to breathe them in.
How do i know?
I am a Volvo master tech, i have had to redo many many cars where somone Who does not know how to do this propperly, has done what you have done here.
Btw, changing both these bushings at the dealer takes no more then 1.5 hours, for both.
Volvo master tech sometimes they dont how to fix car problems
@@peterjansson5553???? I cant read that.
I get that, but since the black part and the purple part are independent of each other, won't it self align the 1st time it's under load?
@@donstevens7847 its suposed to be at an angle, unless the Black part has a spesific angle engine red into it, i doubt it wil be corect.
And it wil be subject to wear, and incorecrt fittment .
I was thinking this, but I guess the manufacturer of these parts has had them tried and tested.