That's a good vid vtl linked to that shows the various components and locations.
I replaced my right rear spring a couple of weeks ago which was broken. With the new spring, the car's rear end sits a little uneven so I guess I should also replace the other side. A few points from my experience:
1. Definitely be familiar with how to position the car's tire jack in order to lower the control arm to remove/install the spring strut. Like in the video, my old broken spring had to be pried out and using the jack to lower the arm made the difference. There's a thread on this site which has a good pic. See page 4: http://www.volvoxc.com/forums/showth...ht=rear+spring
2. Chalk works well to mark the position of the shock mount and the rubber spring seat. You need to know how these align in order to properly reassemble the strut with the new spring. Otherwise when you put the spring strut back in, your screw holes ain't gonna line up. I made my marking before I took out the spring strut.
3. When you remove the old spring strut, you need a "special tool" to remove the nut on top of the strut because it's recessed in the housing. I was able to get enough of a grip on the nut with a standard pliers and then break free the T40 bolt inside the nut to loosen the nut off. Others have used pipe wrenches, vice grips...
4. I've just got a basic manual spring compressor set up. I've used it for about 4 springs. Yeah it takes time and is a PITA but it's worked for me. When you remove the top nut from your old spring strut, take a look to see how much of the threads of the strut are sticking thru the shock mount. You need to compress your new spring enough so that when you put the bolt back on, you've got the same amount of threads poking thru there.
This was an easier job for me thanks to the use of the car's tire jack. Good luck!
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