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Upper engine mount bushing replacement. 850

I need advice!. I have the upper engine mount bushing broken in my 850.

Which is the best method to remove it? Is it possible to do it myself? Is needed a special tool? And it is easy replace the new one? Will I have to carry the car to the dealer?

Thanks in advance!
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850 GLT Aut.








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    Upper engine mount bushing replacement. 850

    buy the bushing from your volvo dealer...u need a 2/3 leg gear puller (see ANY decent tool shop - should be about 30 euros) using this u can simply push the old bushing out (dont need to cut it...)

    to put the new one in get a set of wood cutting hole saws big enough to cut a disk about 1/2 to 1 inch larger than the hole the new bushing goes into...and a length of M10 studding (treaded rod) and some m10 nuts and some washers about 1" accross and big enough to go rtound the m10...

    now cut two disks of wood (at least 10mm thick, more if u can!) and make a 'sandwich' on the rod of...two nuts, washer, disk of wood,thru the mount towards the wing of the car, through the bushing,disk of wood,washer,nut...

    note you may want to recess the centre of the wooden rings to fit over the centre of the bushing and the bushing is eccentic and should be fitted with the arrow facing up...

    now lube the bushing with your favourite no oil based lube and start tightening that nut..with a little care and patience (about 5 mins!) you can ease it straight in...


    now you will be left with it being about 5mm shy due to it hitting the first disk of wood...so unassemble you clamp and use your hole saws to make a piece of wood weith a hole bigger than the bushing housing but smaller than the disk of wood and use this as a space to allow the bushing to have room to slide into...

    rea ssemble and carefulyl draw the bushing further in...

    total time should be about 20 mins start to finish...and tool cost about 50 euros, parts about 15 euros, and it can be doen on the car...the dealer quoted me about 100 euros if it took the brackets off the car just to push the bushing in...robbing gits!








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    Upper engine mount bushing replacement. 850

    You may drive conservatively.
    Removal is easy. Insert a small saw blade in the hole and cut thru the plastic sleeve surrounding the rubber. I used a saber saw but a hand saw will do too. Stop when you hit the metal mount. With the sleeve cut, the bushing will pop out with a few shots.
    Installation takes a bit of innovation with pipe fittings and a large bolt to make a press. I've used two pipe flanges, some threaded sleeves for spacers and cobbled up a press to install it on the car. Make note of the position of the old one and install the slightly tapered side first. You want it to be about flush with the mount when you're done. The pipe flanges let you press on the outside of the bushing while the center part pokes thru the hole in the flange. The other flange goes on the other side of the mount. A few large washers came in handy too.








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      Upper engine mount bushing replacement. 850

      Yes it is a very innovative option. I have read something about that solution. The difficulty that I see is to find pipe flanges, bolt and nuts that fit...
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      850 GLT Aut.








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        Upper engine mount bushing replacement. 850

        try the 2 piece polyurethane bushing. Easy 10 min installation and you won't be replacing it ever again versus the rubber ones which usually fail after 30K miles.
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        '88 240, '92 745, '98 v70 John, Tampa Bay








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          Upper engine mount bushing replacement. 850

          The problem is that I live in Spain. Im not sure of get that polyurethane bushing here...
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          850 GLT Aut.








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            No problem to Spain 850

            Kalas, no te preocupes compa(no worries).

            Try fcpgroton.com or ipdusa.com, they carry the poly bushing and will deliver to Spain with credit card purchase.

            Good luck.
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            '88 240, '92 745, '98 v70 John, Tampa Bay








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              No problem to Spain 850

              Gracias compa!
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              850 GLT Aut.








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                No problem to Spain 850

                I live in Malaysia and last month I got the 3 pcs polyurethen things from IPD. It only took about a week for it to arrive. Instalation is easy. 1 hour max. most of it trying to get the old bushing out. I used a hacksaw blade to cut the old one out. The only down side about the poly. bushing is now I can feel the engin vibe slighly. But not having to worry about changing it ever again I think it's worth it.

                Johnny

                96' 850 T5 ReD Sportwagon







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