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Originally Posted by BestGear
Guys
Undo the four nuts - I say nuts, but they are welded to sleeves.... as see here with a foam cover... I used a short extension and be careful - you dont want to drop the sleeves inside the chassis which is very piossible if you are clumsy when withdrawing them.
Assembly is reverse of removal |
Thanks for this useful guide. My rear sensors have been o/s for over a year now so I finally bit the bullet and had a crack. My rear bumper has been replaced before by Volvo. I noticed a neat trick they obviously use. When reinserting those 4 bolts, trap a couple of layers of paper kitchen towel between the nut and the 13mm socket - it makes it much less likely that the nuts/sleeves will drop off into the chassis as they're now wedged into he socket.
PS my attempt failed because I'd forgotten that I had two faulty sensors and not one, so I now have to drive around with half the rear of the car hanging off while I order another one.
I am surprised the sensors fail and not the wiring. The sensors are all sealed up in resin, whereas the wiring loom looks really vulnerable. Does anyone know if there was a recall on the loom, and what year? I seem to recall there was but was surprised to read on here people with 09 cars still having the looms fail in the wet.
Kind regards
Lucien