960 front suspension bushes

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Andy Dingley

My '95 960 (2.5 l straight 6) has just failed its annual MOT
inspection for front suspension rubber bush wear on the lower arm.
Anyone fixed these before? I've never had to work on the 960
suspension before.

Do I replace arms, or just bushes? How much effort are the bushes to
press-out / press-in? Anything else that's going to need replacement,
just for breaking whenever I go near it? Just how much suspension do
I need to dismantle to get to this stuff?

Thanks for any advice
 
Andy said:
My '95 960 (2.5 l straight 6) has just failed its annual MOT
inspection for front suspension rubber bush wear on the lower arm.
Anyone fixed these before? I've never had to work on the 960
suspension before.

Do I replace arms, or just bushes? How much effort are the bushes to
press-out / press-in? Anything else that's going to need replacement,
just for breaking whenever I go near it? Just how much suspension do
I need to dismantle to get to this stuff?

Thanks for any advice
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Are these the cone shaped bushings on the control rods? If so, then you
don't need any special tools to replace them, just unbolt the rods and
change the bushings. If it's any of the others, you'll need to press
them, I've had success with a large bench vise and some creativity.
 
James said:
Are these the cone shaped bushings on the control rods? If so, then you
don't need any special tools to replace them, just unbolt the rods and
change the bushings. If it's any of the others, you'll need to press
them, I've had success with a large bench vise and some creativity.
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I've changed the cone shaped ones, mostly easy but the metal parts of
the bush had rusted into the arm and needed chipped out. makes a nice
improvement to the steering feel.
 
Tony said:
I've changed the cone shaped ones, mostly easy but the metal parts of
the bush had rusted into the arm and needed chipped out. makes a nice
improvement to the steering feel.
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I forget sometimes that cars rust in some areas, that can be a real
pain. Some P'Blaster usually helps loosen up rusted parts.

If Volvo had made cars out of stainless steel they'd last 100 years.
 
James said:
I forget sometimes that cars rust in some areas, that can be a real
pain. Some P'Blaster usually helps loosen up rusted parts.

If Volvo had made cars out of stainless steel they'd last 100 years.
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The Austin 'Big Healey' was made with a stainless steel body. It
also rusted - electrolytic corrosion from the body being used as the
ground circuit...
 
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