Volvo V70 P2 Subframe Bush Removal & Fitting - S60 XC90 S80 XC70

Front bushes - Volvo 8678497
Rear bushes - Volvo 3507923
Bush Inserts - Powerflex PFF88-120BLK

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I have a 2004 V70 AWD 2.5T and follow everything you have done to your car. You have been a great help in my decision making on what I can do myself and what I should probably leave to my mechanic. This is a job I would not attempt. I was going to have it done (even bought the bushes), as a preventive measure. Howerver, my baby is not showing any of the symptoms you experienced, so I decided to put it off for a while (only 136, 000 miles on it). Frankly, I was surprised to see the rubber portions of the bushes were still in fairly good condition. It is not just the mileage that kills rubber parts - aging will do it too (which was my concern). As far as the rest of the suspension goes, I have replaced just about everything else (including upgrading to "T5" sway bars when I had those bushings done). I think you would have to drive a stake through the engine block to kill one of these things.

[riverpirate]

Great video, thanks for sharing the struggles and troubleshooting parts as well.

[dazzassti]

Greats vid dude... I would say on this one you made your job a lot more difficult by adding the inserts before you tried to install them, you should have done the inserts afterward, the inserts are design to reduce the flex and that exactly what prevented you getting them in.. The knock effect is that the volvo bushes then weren't seated properly hence the knocking. Only way to fix that is to remove them all, take out the inserts, refit, DON'T put the inserts in, go for a drive, then pop the caps off and insert the powerflex when it's settled!

[marcmostert]

Hi

This is the specs on fcp euro site. That is seriously tight. I would suggest 4 new bolts and a torque wrench and then a long power bar. Tightening torque 105 Nm + 120°. Replace every time the subframe is loosened.

[jankleffel]

The right front and rear as well as the left front are identical.
The left rear is different and has an oval tube (this is original)
The left front fits snugly over the locating tube and puts the frame in the right place, and the left rear with the oval tube fits snugly over the locating tube on the narrow part of the oval side (long oval side in the direction of travel) and it adjusts the frame to sit straight.
Fit and tighten the left front first, then the left rear and then the right fron and rear (which does not have locating tubes and just sits where they are)
This puts the frame in the correct aligned position.

[BLOCKsignallingUK]

Some thoughts. The poweflex bushes may have stiffened up the bushes significantly, and so possibly engine movement which would have been absorbed by them may now be causing movement and hence noise elsewhere. Perhaps remove them and see if your other noises go away? Could you have pushed the bushes home with a bottle jack which would have a similar action to the brake puller you used at the end ? The inner CV joints are only held together by the rubber boot and if pulled too far, the balls may fall out of place and can then cause a knocking noise (I ruined a driveshaft by not realising this). Listening again, it does very much sound like this. Thanks for taking the time to video and share this. How about a Gofundme for an impact wrench ?

[gerardjones]

if you hang the engine and remove the sub frame its a breeze to knock out and hammer the new ones in.

[TheOneJPtv]

Nice video. easy to follow. I got this job coming up on my S60t5

[gheorghinacov]

You can try adding Powerflex bushings to the front control arms, at least the rear perpendicular bushing, black series. Mine are new but rubber and have much play

[dave]

I'm so confused why I found one that was also oval in the middle, the 3 others were round. Mine were completely cracked all the way around from age, its a 2001 T5 with only 200K kilometers. I bought the beige power delrin bushings and I can't wait to fit them.

[kiplingvisintini]

i swear i would of drank a bottle of jack to just deal with all of the bullshit.i'm about to do the whole front me

[larkinizedgaming]

Hello, did you find out where the knocking came from?

[Jeroen]

I've done this job twice, first on a 850, later on a 2004 V70. On the 850 I just got them out with loads of prying, swearing and elbow grease, but on the V70 I actually made a cutting tool, much like the official Volvo tool, that cuts the center rubber part out of the bushing, and then it's easy to collapse the housing and remove it.

I would not want to drop the subframe that much, unless you disconnected things like the steering shaft and upper engine bracket. Also only do bush at a time so the alignment of the subframe does not get messed up.

[dmclaude]

Did you figure out what the knocking was related to?

[oliverfnx]

I wonder if you could investigate the reason for the noise by turning the Steering wheel, if it hasnt been the bushes

[liameckert]

What press kit did you use?? Looks pretty convenient in that space!

[henrikloiske]

If you drill the plastic and pry the bushings out, it takes only a couple minutes 😊

[henrikloiske]

I asked my local Volvo dealer how much they would charge for this job….
They wanted 12000:- Swedish crownes (about 888 £ ) 😮

[vztdyys]

Can you link the bushing puller please?

[marcoylinen]

Safety issue !! At 40:28, do not use screwdriver as pin in jack stand! Use proper pins!