Rear End Work…Brakes, wheel bearings, panhard/traction rod, shock absorbers and grease.

This month I replaced the front and rear brake components on the Volvo 240 wagon and bled the brake lines.

The wheel bearings needed replacing also. They were making noises over small bumps in the road.

Also, installed shock absorbers and a panhard/track rod.

The parts list is: New rotors or discs, pads for main brakes and parking/emergency brake shoes, all associated hardware, panhard/track rod, shock absorbers, wheel bearings installed/pressed on at a local shop, and grease.

Last month, new rear trailing arm bushings were installed.

Here are photos of the rear end work thus far. I followed the Bentley manual for this.

Hope this helps you when you do it yourself.

Work done on my Volvo 240 DL over the past few months.

Painted this rear hatch area door sill an aluminum color. Brightened it up a bit.

Plan to install this lumbar kit in the driver side seat back.

Self adhesive numbers on the Fenders. $1 each from Autozone. 2 4 0

Just for fun….”he’s got it coming out the wazoo!”
The money my car saves me since I don’t have a car payment.

Hood Liner custom cut from a roll of roofer’s foam mat.

Recolored the seats.

Recolored the rear seat bottom.

Rear seat back.

Intake plastic housings cleaned and repainted.

Exhaust leak holes in down pipe have been cleaned and repaired with high temp putty to remedy problem with the O2 sensor getting the correct air fuel signal.

Rear seat front side.

Emergency brake handle and inside.

Emergency brake center console cover repainted.