Damage transfer case / Bevel Gear

GABOVILLARREAL · Post by **GABOVILLARREAL** » 27 Mar 2010, 00:48

I'm a new volvo owner I bough back in November a 2000 XC70 awd which I'm in love with 105k miles.
I did the timing belt and was fine. But a week later I started to hear a noise that I though that it was a bearing , but sudenly the car broke down with making a mettalic crunching sound. I'm not a mechanich expert so I took it to a friend of mine we lifted it to check it and seems like is what they called the transfer case (in the forum seems like its also call Bevel Gear).
I know that i can disconect the drive shaft and convert the car FWD but I would like to keep it awd.
What can suggest me? Where Can I get a new Bevel Gear?

Post by **jblackburn** » 27 Mar 2010, 00:53

A brand-new one is ridicuously expensive. There is a link for Erie Vo-vo at the top of the page, who specializes in selling used, good Volvo parts. I'd give them a call and ask what one runs for. Hopefully your driveshaft is still OK, if not you may have to have that rebuilt or get a used one too. Once you get it, change the bevel gear fluid every 50K miles and take care of the tranny, and you should (hopefully) be good for a while to go.

There's a link floating around somewhere for the bevel gear fluid change on an XC. I can't find it at the moment, but I'll look again tomorrow.

GABOVILLARREAL · Post by **GABOVILLARREAL** » 05 Apr 2010, 09:33

Thanks, for your help.
I've been shopping around and this part is way too expensive.Anything from $950 up to $1450 used.
Seems like they messed on 2000 models 1999 and 2001 are different
I'm thinking to turn it into FWD I saw a couple of post about it.
Any suggestion will be welcome.

Post by **FlyingVolvo** » 05 Apr 2010, 10:15

I turned my 2000 V70XC into FWD when I had that problem. I live half the year in a place that gets a lot of snow, and I was still surprised at how superbly the XC handled on snow and ice with only FWD. Unless you've got the cash, I don't think it's worth it to try and keep it.

GABOVILLARREAL · Post by **GABOVILLARREAL** » 07 Apr 2010, 13:29

By any chance do you know what it takes to turn it into FWD?

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 07 Apr 2010, 18:36

By any chance do you know what it takes to turn it into FWD?

Remove the drive shaft to the rear.

...Lee

jwaldschmidt · Post by **jwaldschmidt** » 12 Jun 2010, 16:03

I am new to the world of Volvo.

I had a whine along with a clunk, which occurred intermittently during deceleration. I believed the "clunk" problem to be what I call the carrier bearing in the rear drive shaft. Since the discover I have removed the rear drive shaft, and I still have the whine, but no "clunk", that occurs from the front, possible transmission area. I am reading that other owners are having problems with their angle gear (transfer case). Any ideas what to check next, I am looking to fix it myself. Pictures or diagrams would be great.

Thanks for any advice.

Post by **JRL** » 12 Jun 2010, 17:17

GABOVILLARREAL wrote:Thanks, for your help.
I've been shopping around and this part is way too expensive.Anything from $950 up to $1450 used.
Seems like they messed on 2000 models 1999 and 2001 are different
I'm thinking to turn it into FWD I saw a couple of post about it.
Any suggestion will be welcome.

You should be able to buy it from Erie for 5-$600 TOPS
(I'm a dealer and bought one from them for $400 last year)

98, late 98 thru all of the 99s and then 2000. all are different
If it's making noise it STILL will make noise unless that too is removed, then you need to make a block off plate

jwaldschmidt · Post by **jwaldschmidt** » 12 Jun 2010, 21:18

So would you say that I need to remove the angle gear? What tricks do I need to know before jumping into it? Can I purchase the block off plate or build? gaskets?

Appreciate the help.

yoziyo · Post by **yoziyo** » 13 Jun 2010, 23:18

you can find your bevel gear @ CAR-PARTS.COM
this is a website for junkyards, you will see tremendous inventory ranging from more expemsive to the least, to find the cheapest page look for the asterisk in the bottom of the page and good luck,
you cannot imagine on how much i saved, and passed this to many mechanics who never knew about this website.