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power steering rack replacement: question about dropping the subframe 850

posted by  benglar on  Sun Jan 13 15:02 CST 2008
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I've got an engine hoist holding the engine up. I've disconnected everything I can find from the subframe except the 4 corner bolts. (Wow the hydraulic rear engine mount's bottom bolt was hard to remove!) I assume the subframe will drop down when I remove the 4 corner bolts. How heavy is the subframe?

Also, any advice on aftermarket 850 repair manuals?

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    power steering rack replacement: question about dropping the subframe 850

    posted by  Rule 308 on  Sun Jan 13 17:51 CST 2008
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    Subframe is probably less than 50 pounds but it is not so much the weight as it is the size of the darn thing. While I have managed to get the subframe back into place by myself a few times I really recommend having some help. Will you be dropping it out with the lower control arms and the sway bar still connected to it? If you have everything disconnected it will indeed drop when you shoot the 4 bolts out, I recommend having a couple of jack stands handy to drop it onto. For the 850 and later cars I recommend having the Volvo Vadis disk for a decent repair manual, otherwise I hear that the Bentley is decent but I have never cracked one open.

    Mark








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      power steering rack replacement: question about dropping the subframe 850

      posted by  ShadeTek on  Mon Jan 14 11:34 CST 2008
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      You don't need to drop the whole frame to replace the rack. Just remove the two rear frame bolts and loosen the front ones. This will allow enough room to get the rack out.
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      Tek







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