1996 850R "Brünnhilde"

jamesinc

I was going to go with these

http://www.fcpeuro.com/products/volvo-strut-mount-and-spring-seats-kit-mountseatkit-1-1
http://www.fcpeuro.com/products/volvo-control-arm-right-s70-v70-850
http://www.fcpeuro.com/products/volvo-control-arm-left-850-s70-v70-1

AshDVS

The 'HD spring seat' is a bit of a myth these days. A few years ago, people were using the XC90 seat as the standard ones had a shorter than ideal service life (regardless of brand), so places started offering a 'HD seat'
Which was really (at least in many cases) simply the XC90 spring seat.

Interestingly enough, the XC90 spring seat part number now supersedes the 850 spring seat if ordering genuine volvo.

jamesinc

Today I installed the rebuilt axles that I took from the V70.

Night and day! The 850 pulls smoothly at all times now, a vast improvement.

Total spend: $176 ($88 per axle) at A&L Driveshafts in Sydney, $12 at Maccas in Hoxton Park while I waited for them to be rebuilt.

CamZH

win !

jamesinc

This weekend I replaced the front brakes with 302mm fronts and HEL lines from @AshDVS‌. The old rotors had some life in left them, but were badly warped.

Anyway I thought it would be nice to upgrade.

The Volans reveal quite a lot of rotor, so I painted the centres black to avoid them looking like rust.

Horrible old rotors:

Shiny new rotors:

Rob

=D>

Ex850R

Notice the difference?

egads (she/her)

So fullllllllllll

jamesinc

I haven't driven the car enough to comment. It needs 100km or so to break in the rotors. After that I'll thrash it a bit and see if there's any noticeable difference.

AshDVS

Excellent! It feels nice to get those maintenance tasks out of the way.

jamesinc

The 850 has developed flutter. Guess the CBV is fucked!

Ex850R

Block it and bypass to bov or new kit with different springs?
This may be a group buy!

I think mine is dodgy too as boost can vary and not just due to weather conditions..

clinton

I bought mine, a genuine mitsubishi kit with spring, cheap on ebay a while back. There are also high performance CBV's out there, but I havent had any problem with the standard one.

jamesinc

I put in the new CBV yesterday and also replaced some vac lines I found that had perished.

WOOOOOOOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Whole other car. WHOLE OTHER CAR.

CamZH

wee !

AshDVS

Excellent! It can be amazing how big the difference is when you get things back up to par that slowly failed over time.

jamesinc

Ex850R

New bushes and ball joints?
I love the aluminium arms , cheap to fix rather than the whole arm.

jamesinc

I have bushes already, need to order some ball joints.

jamesinc

Boom, rebuilt. I'll try and get the last bits of tar off tomorrow.

Much to Ash's chagrin I'm sure I've put in a set of Powerflex bushings. Let's see how it drives. It wouldn't be the first car where comfort has been sacrificed at the altar of responsive steering.

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