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Interesting advice as always Klaus.
FTR, removing the prop shaft was not a big deal either really. The bolts were glued with a thread locker, but they were all in good condition and came out rather easily. I was at first worried about getting it out around the exhaust but it turned out to not be a problem at all.
I even went to the trouble of cleaning up a few surface rust spots and jimmied up some stuff to hold the heat shields in a little better while I was under there.
I'm amazed at what good shape the metal is underneath this thing. The old guy is ~12 years old (MY1998, most of it was manufactured in 1997, I don't know the assembly date offhand) and been through some tough winters in Atlantic Canada after coming from the NE US. For all the many faults we've come to learn about with these cars, there's some serious materials and build quality where it counts.
When I start thinking about patching the AWD back together I will probably pull the BG apart and see what's going on in there. Great to know some folks have found a way around the design flaws. Too bad there's no noise about how to obtain a 'better' part to replace the weak one.
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1998 V70 AWD Turbo 190k+
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