After a run in with a kerb (my fault! ) I've managed to bend some parts in the steering / suspension, along with a wheel on my 360. I've taken it to a garage who have said the following need replacing:
1. N/S front tie bar attachment bracket
2. N/S front track rod end
3. Tie bar bushes
However 1 & 2 are apparently NLA from Volvo. I think the track rod ends should be easy enough to get hold of, there are even some on ebay atm. Does anyone know where I might get hold of the bracket?

Thanks
Alex

PM Classicswede he'll probs be able to sort ya or point ya in the right direction.

sven360 wrote:PM Classicswede he'll probs be able to sort ya or point ya in the right direction.

Are you ok mate?


Not like you to be overtly helpfull.

volvosneverdie wrote:

sven360 wrote:PM Classicswede he'll probs be able to sort ya or point ya in the right direction.

Are you ok mate?


Not like you to be overtly helpfull.

has been a strange day must confess.

If you've bent all that pal its a right off -hoy it in the bin and buy summit with a Blue Oval .


Ahh......that's better

sven360 wrote:

volvosneverdie wrote:

sven360 wrote:PM Classicswede he'll probs be able to sort ya or point ya in the right direction.

Are you ok mate?


Not like you to be overtly helpfull.

has been a strange day must confess.

If you've bent all that pal its a right off -hoy it in the bin and buy summit with a Blue Oval .


Ahh......that's better

phew.

............yeah everyone, hes ok!

mustve just been sober or something.

AJD wrote:1. N/S front tie bar attachment bracket
3. Tie bar bushes

Got both of these. Fancy coming to a meet on the 28th?

sven360 wrote: has been a strange day must confess.

If you've bent all that pal its a right off -hoy it in the bin and buy summit with a Blue Oval .


Ahh......that's better

glad I caught you on a good day, don't want to have to move to the dark side

Filthyjohn you've got a pm

Hi Filthyjohn

Not sure if you got my PM but I think I'm still going to be in need of that bracket, would you mind dropping me a message on here or an email at alexduffey (AT) hotmail.com if you can still help?

Cheers

Alex

It's finally fixed now
Despite the orginal diagnosis of bent parts a second opinion suggested that there was nothing wrong with the car other than the tracking being miles out. So yesterday it was taken to have the wheels aligned and it seems like it's all back to normal again, very relieved

AJD wrote:It's finally fixed now
Despite the orginal diagnosis of bent parts a second opinion suggested that there was nothing wrong with the car other than the tracking being miles out. So yesterday it was taken to have the wheels aligned and it seems like it's all back to normal again, very relieved

Good news dude.
I oversteered a bit and mounted a double kerb like a drunk stuntman.
Now mines miles out too.

Let go of the wheel on a straight street and it automaticly parks on someones drive.
At 30mph.

NASCAR style. AJD, sorry I missed your message, but good news that you didn't need the bits after all. Always nice when there's a simple solution.

Hmm having taken a closer look at the print outs I was given I'm not so sure the 360 is actually in the clear

Overlooking the fact they have put it down as a 83-84 GLT (which it clearly isn't), those caster and camber values look odd - shouldn't they been the same either side?

Also I'm not sure if it was like it before the knock, but the car seems to have a tendency to drift to the left if you let go of the wheel.

stupid question man, is your steering wheel dead on centre when youre running/parked straight?

I don't think it is spot on tbh. I've given it a bit of a test drive today and it seems to be at 12.10-12.15 when going in a straight line. It was worse before the alignment, somewhere around 2 o'clock so it’s made some difference.

AJD wrote:I don't think it is spot on tbh. I've given it a bit of a test drive today and it seems to be at 12.10-12.15 when going in a straight line. It was worse before the alignment, somewhere around 2 o'clock so it’s made some difference.

same as mine then dude.
sounds like its still a bit off. but livable.


lets call it 'character' and put up with it eh?