@vtl ... You jinxed it! :) I needed to take the V70R for a short trip today and I no sooner made it out of the driveway and I started to get a weird once-per-tire-rotation clunk. I nursed the Volvo back to the house and up on ramps into the shop...the tripod joint boot had a crack and had spewed gr...

OK, I went out and took some pics with the magnetic mount in place, too.

Here is the Wiz Gear plate on the ball mount:


And here is how my Samsung Note10 sits on there:

I am using a Panavise mount, PN 75139-105. This is an older image, from when I was using a plate to swap out different phone holders, etc. Now I have a Panavise 767-GR2 17mm ball mount plate on there, and then I attach either my Garmin directly to it, or use a Wix Gear magnetic phone mount with a me...

Ive just swapped mine out with the spare i had, did you say you have a lift?..your so lucky. might be a good idea to replace some seals while its apart and check the turbo oil drain pipe to block for leaks Thanks for the tip on checking the Turbo drain pipe. I'll do that the next time I have the V7...

Hey, just to close this out - I did find a good used angle gear off of an XC90. By the looks of it (signs of sealant at the seam of the halves), it had been rebuilt already. The output shaft had no play, and it turned smoothly. Not bad for $100. I changed the fluid in it (and the rear differential, ...

I pulled our Volvo back in to the garage this morning and had another look.

Play in the output of the angle gear is the source of the noise. I show the propshaft movement in this video:

Our V70R started with a horrific clanking noise from the drivetrain. Prior to that, there was a whine/noise from the front that varied with road speed and that I thought was related to the carrier bearing going bad on the right front CV axle. Well, I replaced the right front CV axle and still had th...

@vtl ... You jinxed it! :) I needed to take the V70R for a short trip today and I no sooner made it out of the driveway and I started to get a weird once-per-tire-rotation clunk. I nursed the Volvo back to the house and up on ramps into the shop...the tripod joint boot had a crack and had spewed gre...

It is a Febest 45x75x19mm bearing. I ordered mine through W@lm@rt for just over $20+tax. Says it should get to me on Tuesday.

Thanks for the picture! That makes sense.

This will make the 2nd use of my press for a repair since I picked it up about a month-and-a-half ago. The first use was to press in new front lower control arm bushings for my 350Z