Axles rebuild update.

Post by **rguzz** » 12 Sep 2016, 13:06

According to Marty @ Raxles he will rebuild non turbo axles if you provide the core. Center bearing has to be intact and usable if you are rebuilding the right side axle. He no longer does turbo axles in view of the prohibitive cost of the CVJ's. He says he has lots of NA components available and will therefore rebuild those if you supply a core. I didn't ask him anything about models there than 850. So, no more 850t rebuilds! He did say however that the NA axles are fine to use though theoretically less robust, so it looks like NA axle on 850t will be the only option through him. Otherwise, whatever else is out there.

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 12 Sep 2016, 19:03

Good information. Thank you.

...Lee

Post by **cn90** » 12 Sep 2016, 19:15

FYI,

When I bought the car a few years ago, after checking records, the local Volvo dealer used a standard N/A axle in my 1998 GLT S70.
Zero issues using N/A axle in Turbo model.

In retrospect, Volvo should have used the same axle for all models (N/A, GLT, T5), it makes more simple for everyone.
But the Swedish engineers have a way to make things complex!

Post by **wheelsup** » 13 Sep 2016, 19:15

I bought this one last year for $56 from Advance Auto Parts locally.

https://www.amazon.com/GSP-NCV73503-Ass ... 827bddbe3a

So far so good, it comes with a lifetime warranty, kept the receipt and UPC just in case. It gets the job done.

I considered Raxles but needed a turnkey same day thing and that wasn't going to happen.

I figured worst case is the axle goes back to AAP and they refund me my money, and I got a year or two's use out of it. As far as I could tell online, you kinda roll the dice with any imported axle if it isn't OEM.

Post by **oragex** » 13 Sep 2016, 19:34

wheelsup wrote:I bought this one last year for $56 from Advance Auto Parts locally.

https://www.amazon.com/GSP-NCV73503-Ass ... B001B09YSM

seems the link doesn't work..

Post by **matthew1** » 13 Sep 2016, 20:09

Link fixed in Wheelsup's post above ^

Post by **mecheng** » 14 Sep 2016, 13:26

cn90 wrote:FYI,

When I bought the car a few years ago, after checking records, the local Volvo dealer used a standard N/A axle in my 1998 GLT S70.
Zero issues using N/A axle in Turbo model.

In retrospect, Volvo should have used the same axle for all models (N/A, GLT, T5), it makes more simple for everyone.
But the Swedish engineers have a way to make things complex!

The axle size/design is based on the rated torque; thats why they are different. N/A may work fine but it will have a shorter life; especially during wheel spin then a large amount of hook up which causes lots of stress.

Post by **polskamafia mjl** » 14 Sep 2016, 18:54

cn90 wrote:In retrospect, Volvo should have used the same axle for all models (N/A, GLT, T5), it makes more simple for everyone.

The only way this makes sense is if they use the turbo axles on all models.

Post by **cn90** » 14 Sep 2016, 20:23

Not really, the dealer installed the N/A in my S70 GLT, zero problems during the last 60K miles.

@mecheng, I understand each engine has its own torque, my point is the difference is not that much, why Volvo engineers could not develop an axle that fits all 3 engines? That makes the catalog more simple to manage. If you look at the N/A axle, the diameter is quite beefy, it can handle Turbo engine.

Post by **erikv11** » 14 Sep 2016, 23:43

cn90 wrote:Not really, the dealer installed the N/A in my S70 GLT, zero problems during the last 60K miles.

@mecheng, I understand each engine has its own torque, my point is the difference is not that much, why Volvo engineers could not develop an axle that fits all 3 engines? That makes the catalog more simple to manage. If you look at the N/A axle, the diameter is quite beefy, it can handle Turbo engine.

Good to know, but so far we have a sample size of one. There are a lot of P80 turbo cars out there. Many with larger turbos than your GLT. And yeah, those dumb engineers, why didn't they just look at it???

The turbo axles also have a different (bigger) outer CV, FWIW.

EDIT: Come to think of it, you can definitely find posts about axles snapping, even Volvo ones. Hmmm ...