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Steering column bushing for Volvo Amazon from 1968

The name Volvo has always stood for innovation in safety and passenger protection. In 1968, for example, the Volvo Amazon was fitted with a safety steering column for its last two years of production, even though its successor, the 140, was already in development.

Today, cars without a steering column that collapses in a head-on collision are unthinkable and would not be approved for road use. In 1968, however, most new cars still drove around with a rigid round steel or tubular steering column, as in the early days of the automobile. In the event of an accident, the driver was usually lucky if he got away with broken ribs. Seat belts were neither mandatory nor standard equipment – except in Volvo, where they had been available since 1959.

The safety steering column in the late Amazon is divided into two parts by two rubber-metal bearings. Like all other bushings of this design, these often fail with age. Whether it's age-related brittle rubber, delaminating vulcanization, or rust under the rubber, all of this leads to steering play and imprecise handling. At some point, it also becomes dangerous because the steering column parts could come loose from each other.

We have now had these extremely important joint bushings reproduced in-house based on the original design. The bushings for the steering column are now available in our shop under the number 1008707.

Suitable for the following vehicles:

• Volvo 120, 130, 220: models from 1968 onwards

Reference:
673060

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