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So I took the 245 to an independent Volvo shop today and explicitly told them about all the issues I've mentioned on the "cut the rear end off" threads I've posted.
I told them about he 1/4" play I found in the U-Joint that joins the drive shaft to the tranny and asked them to replace it. They put the car up, and told me there was nothing wrong with ANY u-joints and that it was the output shaft of the transmission and that that play was nothing to worry about.
So I ask you (because the BB search doesn't seem to be working), could it be a bushing, bearing, the shaft?
I instructed them on how to recreate the far-to-often-yet-not-all-the-time loud "snapping" noise which seems to be coming from the rear axle somewhere after I take the car out of park, put it in reverse or from park to drive then accelerate. They could not recreate it and think I am absolutely insane.
I told them I found about 1/8-1/4" of pinion slop. They checked that and said that is nothing to worry about.
The only thing that's not been done by me- and I will do this- is removing the calipers, rotors and checking the axles for something weird. Then bleeding the system again.
They shook the wheels around and found nothing obvious.
The good news is they charged me nothing at all.
The bad news is I'm not insane and this loud "snap" is bad. It's not right I said to their comment of "it's an old car and should make some noise."
So I'm going to beg the owner/manager or have him have a tech jump in the car with me and I'll recreate the noise (hopefully)- even if I have to pay them for the time.
Either that or take it to another shop?
I really need to just pull the calipers and rotors at this point.
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89 245 'loaded' with a Great Pyrenees; 91 245 project
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