Hi just had my bushings done on the 9000, existing control arms were in brilliant condition. Overall for most of the suspension bushes front and rear and Labour the cost was £330. I was pleased with that after watching your film. This included specialist butterfly bushes from Abbott racing for the control arms. The control arms themselves were not that expensive if bought new. Well done for all your efforts, and you prove it is not an easy job doing it at home. Best wishes from Saab fan Mark Braintree England.
I bought a Saab 9-5 linear 2.2l TID FOR £300 in January in Scotland I got it home and started work on it in May it was the best value(cheap) RUST FREE car I ever had. Obviously some rust on the callipers & discs but it’s surface rust nothing major the dashboard lit up like a Christmas tree. I spent money on new rocker cover head gasket, oil, filters, engine coolant / antifreeze, drain plugs, battery, new tyre & tools. Total cost in all £428 bringing grand total to £700+ car is worth £2-3k easily.
Holy crap! 800SEk for the removal... I was lucky then. I have a generic shop that does all kinds of autorepair not to far away from me. Paid 50SEk to get my front bearings on my skoda pickup presed out and in.... 1000SEk for drilling out the exhaustbolts that snapped.... Gotta by him some christmas candy!
Just changed the bushings on my 97' saab 900. Not much trouble. Good guide, would have waited till I had access to a vice and drown the thing in WD40 or something from biltema.
What I do with bushings I won't reuse , but want the inner sleeves. Is... Best way is to take a drill. Drill holes through bushings. Then torch as you cut around the sleeve with the drill bit. I've done it. It saves hours. (It's weird to use a drill as a saw. But once the bushings hot enough. It works like butter )
Just to let you know I do love watching your videos. So keep posting more! 🙏 Just wish I could help you save some of that 💰 by doing the bushings your self.
Great videos, Like the person below says cut the lip off the rubber bushing with a hacksaw, and use an old socket between the puller and bushing shaft , Sometimes it helps to soak the area overnight in release fluid like diesel
A very helpful video. Thank you! Sorry you had to pay out for removal of the stubborn bush. Once you have the big bush off the control arm how easy is it to to remove the core from the shell? Does the car drive noticeably better?
Polyurethane bushnings on front control arms makes strange and annoying vibrations in steeringwheel and especially when you brake abit harder, atleast on my 2003 9-5 had these issues after installing urethnae bushes in front controlarms, to be honest steering felt much better after i replaced original bushnings back :) But urethane bushnings are very good upgrade in front subframe :)
Disagree, I've run my old 9-5 on poly bushes for thousands of miles in varying conditions. Worked great. But brand names matter, I always use Powerflex. Cheaper bushes are probably worse.
That's an excellent question. Honestly, I don't know when I'll get the time to do the actual install, but ball joints is of course a very good idea to do while I'm on it.
What do you mean? Have you tried cutting away the big bushings and saving the sleeves? Trust me, I've tried that (photo in the beginning of the video) and it's impossible.
Great video, thanks for posting, but too much work and expense to go to working on a junk, corroded part. Remove those bushings would have been really cheap here in Chicago, less than 1/2 of what you paid.
