2018 XC300 Linkage slop after complete rebuild - driving me nuts!

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Hi ,

I have mystery that I would love to solve! I have replaced all the bolts and linkage/shock bearings on my 2018 XC300 hoping to eliminate the play I have in the linkage set up. To my frustration each change along the way (all within 5 hrs of ride time) have made no real difference. From what I can tell I have two potential candidates for where the slop is

1: The dog bone linkage that connects to the frame. There is obvious play in that pivot point however, bolt, spacers and bearing are all new

2: Top shock mount. Bearing and spacers and bolt are new. Still appears that this has movement.

The common factor between both of these are that they are connection points to the frame. My two theories are 1: Bolts not tight enough to pinch on the spacers and 2: With of the spacers is not wide enough to touch on the frame and even though bolts are tight it?s not enough to clamp on the spacers hence the slop.

The bolts are torqued to the spec in the manual, so that leaves me with number 2 being the possible cause.

I have seen a few discussions on the linkage bearings on here but not of them specifically address the problem of slop after a complete rebuild.

Has anyone experienced this and if so, did you manage to fix it and/or does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to try and resolve it? Its driving me mad especially after spending $280NZ to end up with no improvement!

Cheers