Wind noise in a Volvo 300

Post by **foggyjames** » 17 Nov 2005 11:14 pm

No comment

cheers

James

Post by **meintag** » 01 Feb 2007 11:09 pm

Well... I rescue this topic to see if somebody has a solution now in 2007

My 360 have wind noises too, but wind noises that include door shaking !! Will be a problem of door rubber, aerodynamics or what ? I'll try to reduce them putting a cable under the rubber to avoid the wind get into, but it's so extreme that I think will be for nothing...

Any suggestions ?

Thanks !!!

Post by **foggyjames** » 01 Feb 2007 11:28 pm

Old rubbers + knackered door pins?

cheers

James

Post by **petefarrell360** » 02 Feb 2007 02:08 am

Is the top section of the door bent in anyway? If someone has attempted to break in by bending the top of the door that can lead to this sort of shaking. For some reason the drivers door does it on my van above certain speeds....... however that was never designed for speed! It's odd that it's only the drivers door though.

I'd imagine the seals could be shot, but some wind must be deflected in the wrong way first to make it want to judder anyway! Split trim on the A pillar anywhere?

Pete

Post by **foggyjames** » 02 Feb 2007 02:52 am

3drs are pretty bad for this...I bet it's a combination of the rubbers and the pins. Probably mainly the pins, to be fair. They're very cheap...which reminds me, I must do Nessy's!

cheers

James

Post by **Chris_C** » 02 Feb 2007 11:26 am

Machine mart have the draper hing pin removal tool on the shelf... Went in the other day for something else and saw it there... 12 quid or something around there

Post by **petefarrell360** » 02 Feb 2007 08:24 pm

Yeah, if it's the one it think it is, blue handle on a straight bar, I wasn't impressed when it comes to 300 door pins! You can't hit it close enough to the actual pin gripping part, which then means your arm takes the shock of the hit, not the pin as it should! I couldn't get it to shift a single pin out of four......... not impressed. I'd soaked them in WD-40 for several weeks, with the bottom dust cap still in place and still nothing.

I believe Mac's special Volvo tool is cranked, ending up being a sort of Z shape, so there is a bar at 90 degrees to the post, then a vertical parallel to the door post, then a second horizontal piece to hit sticking out further, meaning you're not taking the blow by supporting it!

Either way, I'm not impressed with the Draper kit, the actual pins are ok, it's just the handle is pants! I ended up getting the angle grinder out, as the car was going for scrap and taking them off at the post! Sadly, this isn't the way to go on your daily driver!

Pete

Post by **foggyjames** » 02 Feb 2007 08:33 pm

I'm beginning to think Pete is the new Hugh, with all this talk of angle grinders.

cheers

James

Post by **petefarrell360** » 02 Feb 2007 08:36 pm

LOL, you haven't seen what happened to that shell since you last saw it James. It's had a serious date with the angle grinder and several discs! For starters you A pillar, which reminds me....... I've got some pics of that for you of the inner section I was on about.

Any idea how much a Volvo hinge pin removal tool is, if they're available?

Pete

Post by **classicswede** » 02 Feb 2007 11:19 pm

It would be nice to get a good one. The only ones I have ever had will only do one or two pins before destruction

Post by **Chris_C** » 03 Feb 2007 01:21 pm

Volvo will prolly still do it if we have the part number, I'm getting a tool pulled over from Sweden atm.