S70 front end rattles

Discussion in 'Volvo S70' started by Armchair observer, Jun 8, 2005.

  1. My 98 S70 has two different rattles in the front end: a clunking sway
    bar rattle and a high-pitched rattle that sounds like a tin can
    bouncing around in the front end. Can the sway bar rattle be fixed by
    just changing the bushings, or do I need to swap the whole sway bar?
    What is the likely source of the "tin can" rattle? The car has 115K
    miles on it and runs well except for these annoying rattles.
     
    Armchair observer, Jun 8, 2005
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  2. Armchair observer

    Mike F Guest

    Usually sway bar rattles are just the links. If the bushings that wrap
    around the bar are bad, then the whole bar needs to be replaced as they
    are bonded to it.

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    Mike F.
    Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

    Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
    (But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)
     
    Mike F, Jun 9, 2005
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  3. Mike,

    The links were replace about 10K miles ago and have been tightened up
    since. Are there any aftermarket bushings that can be used with the
    existing sway bar?
     
    Armchair observer, Jun 9, 2005
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