The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

Bad Rear End? 200 1984

posted by  cdcrawford on  Tue Feb 28 23:59 CST 2017
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

My '84 245 has rather suddenly developed a nasty vibration in the rear end. It starts at about 25 mph and gets worse as vehicle speed increases. At low speeds (say under 40 mph), if I depress the clutch so that the car is coasting, the vibration is not as severe as it is when power is applied. However, at highway speeds the vibration is constant. The entire rear of the car feels like it is going to shake itself apart.

Bad rear ujoint or am I looking at a potential rear end rebuild? How to tell? If the rear is bad, is it better to have a shop rebuild it or just swap out the entire axle for a boneyard axle?

The car has 400,000 miles on it and I know the rear has never been touched aside from draining/replacing the fluid. I have had the car since '90 and have changed the fluid every other year.

Tried swapping tires front to back. No change.

Thanks,
Chuck






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.