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Front Spring Seats 850 1994

posted by  someone claiming to be Keith on  Sat May 22 07:30 CST 2004 [RELATED]

My 1994 850 has 133,000 miles and has been regularly serviced by a volvo indy and occational a dealer. Took it to a dealer for an oil change (I had a coupon for a nice discount) and wanted to see what they might come up with on the fly. Of course the said complete brake job front and rear without taking the tires off and not know I had the fronts done 4,000 miles ago and the back about 15,000. But they also showed me the front seat springs where the top nut turns and isn't supposed too. I know these are old and worn out but its funny no one has every mentioned them before and I know they must have been gon for a while now. How important are these things and should anything else in that area be relaoced at the same time. I know I'm not going to have the dealer do it; they quoted $40 each for the seats and $360 for the whole job. Any thoughts.

Keith








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    Front Spring Seats 850 1994

    posted by  The Bear on  Sat May 22 15:56 CST 2004
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    I concur with David S., had the same thing with my '96 with only 72K on it, although the dealer cost down here was nearly $400. Also had the engine mounts replaced. I put new tires on at the same time and have a completely different car now, turned what I thought was a piece of crap into a reasonably nice car'
    The Bear
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    Front Spring Seats 850 1994

    posted by  someone claiming to be David S. on  Sat May 22 11:03 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    I developed a clunking sound in my front end. It sounded like something was loose. I took it to the dealer who said the spring seats needed replacing. I did it and it fixed the problem. Cost about $300 as I recall. But remember mine were definitely clunking. This was at about 95,000 miles as I recall.







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