Hi guys,
been awhile...I was the guy who posted the how to on bevel gear maintenance and I have religiously changed gear oil in the bevel gear every spring. I just changed it a few weeks ago. Anyway, today I got in the car and the SERVICE light was on and the car would kind of bind up in the driveline when I backed it up. I put it on the jackstands and found a lot of slop where the driveshaft goes into the rear of the bevel gear
. I suspect that the bevel gear is toasted, but am not 100% certain (I guess it could be the joint in the rear driveshaft where it mates to the bevel gear, but I doubt it...the slop seems to be inside the back of the bevel gear).
So here is what I am thinking...if it is the bevel gear that is toast, I would like to convert the car to FWD (I have read threads where people talked about this somewhere). What I was wondering is, does anyone know of a writeup or a thread concerning this modification on a first generation V70XC? I've searched like crazy and can't find anything. If anyone can help with pointing me in the correct direction on this conversion...I sure would appreciate it.
been awhile...I was the guy who posted the how to on bevel gear maintenance and I have religiously changed gear oil in the bevel gear every spring. I just changed it a few weeks ago. Anyway, today I got in the car and the SERVICE light was on and the car would kind of bind up in the driveline when I backed it up. I put it on the jackstands and found a lot of slop where the driveshaft goes into the rear of the bevel gear
So here is what I am thinking...if it is the bevel gear that is toast, I would like to convert the car to FWD (I have read threads where people talked about this somewhere). What I was wondering is, does anyone know of a writeup or a thread concerning this modification on a first generation V70XC? I've searched like crazy and can't find anything. If anyone can help with pointing me in the correct direction on this conversion...I sure would appreciate it.