Door Stay Repair

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Door Stay Repair

Post by SteveR » Tue May 12, 2009 1:25 pm

The following is buried away in a threads so it may be better here.

Because the 480 door is heavy, and heavier when car is on a slope or with e=wind behind, the door stay support area cracks and gives a tell tale cracking noise when opening the door - something to listen for when buying a 480.

Repair is relatively straightforward as shown in these links:

the first link is to remove the door card

http://www.smr46.co.uk/volvo/Door.pdf

and the second is to do the repair.

http://www.smr46.co.uk/volvo/DoorRepair.doc or

http://www.smr46.co.uk/volvo/StayRepr.pdf


I've found the thread now:

http://volvo480.dragons.org.uk/forum/po ... e&p=114018
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