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There are a lot of info on how to fabricate a tool to do this. Note the rear bushing gets done ON the car, so a hydraulic press won't do you any good. It need to be on a lift or jackstands with the wheels off placed under the brake drum to gain access to the bushing.
I went to Home Depot and bought a bunch of 2" water pipe fittings and a section of 1/2 inch threaded rod. I had tried to do this without ever seeing the Volvo tool or another webste that a guy did essentailly the same thing with the same $10 worth of parts and a little ingenuity.
I struggled with my tool and got frustrated. I took the car to the Volvo dealer and paid $170 (2hrs labor) to have them put my aftermarket bushings in. After all the time spent on the making of the tool I thought this was fair.
The one part of my tool that was missing, a key piece, was the 1/2 shell section of the 2" coupling needed to keep the bracket attached to the axle from collapsing while presing the bushing in or out. That could've been easily had for another $2 and 10 min of hacksawing. Now I have a tool that is ready for the next time I need to do the job in twenty years from now.
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'89 245 Sportwagon, '04 V70 2.5T Sportwagon
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