► Jay VanGorden, our Volvo Product Manager and in house Volvo Technician is back at it to show you how to replace the control arms and ball joints on your Volvo. The essential information from this video can be applied to the follow models:
1999-2006 S80
2001-2009 S60
2001-2007 V70
2003-2007 XC70
2003-2014 XC90
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On my 2003 S60 FWD, on driver's (left) side there is no way to place the ratchet on the two front bolts of the control arm, without jacking the engine/transmission to clear the bolts heads. Even then is tight.
excellent tutorial!
Hi, how to get this press tool to ball joint?
If the balls are no longer stiff in the socket you need to replace them, your balls are worn out.
who turned out the lights ?
jay can u do a video on a 2001 s60 t5 oil sump gasket video.please
Jay must love his job at Volvo. The bolts on these cars are the easiest to remove in the whole automotive industry
I'll go saying on my S60 I had to jack the engine 3/4" on drivers side to clear the two control arm bolts – have these bolts replaced with new from Volvo, they are cheap (for once) and old bolts reused will get eaten by rust because of the contact with the subframe.
"Next we are going to compress" and do a magic edit so it looks a lot easier than it is.
Why do this in the dark. Useless.
I thought I read somewhere that you only torque down the control arm fasteners for the bushings when the vehicle is on the floor with the suspension loaded, not with the car jacked or lifted up where the suspension is not bearing any load. Is that not accurate?
Thx for the video but I have a question. With the ball joint, could you just have tightened the ball joint with the screws by themselves instead of having to use the ball joint tool?
Hi Jason! Is it crucial to tighten the ball joint nut with the break disc unit hanging out? I only tightened it by hand first and then when drive shaft and strut bolts where all tightened only then did I torque up and tighten the ball joint nut. The reason why I'm asking is that my wheels are leaning to the inside on both sides. Lower part of the wheel that is.