Alignment Alert (VOL0253AP)

Publication date: 1997-03-01
Reference number: VOL0253AP

ALIGNMENT ALERT

TECHNICAL INFORMATION TIP

Reference Number(s): VOL0253AP, Date of Issue: March 1997

VOLVO ALIGNMENT ALERT

YEAR(S): 1975-94

MANUFACTURER: Volvo

DATE OF ISSUE: March 1997

ISSUE & TIP

If you are aligning a 1975-94 Volvo, check the angle of the ball joints carefully. I found a caster angle to be way out of specs and not adjustable, but the camber was okay.

The solution: the right and left side ball joints are interchangeable. You can put two right side ball joints on and have a two degree negative difference on the left side caster due to the offset.

I spent an hour looking for something that was bent, when the problem was that our do-it-yourselfer was sold two right side ball joints and in-stalled them with three bolts holding them in place.

Courtesy of Import Service Magazine

with thanks to:

Bill Restoff

Dobbs Tire and Auto Centers

Fairview Heights, Illinois

REFERENCE NUMBER

VOL0253AP

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