angle gear repair

[spudd]

Bought my angle gear repair kit from Volvo.comes with new sleeve 2x seals and 6 bolts but no grease. asked in parts dept where is the grease, to be told Volvo no longer supply.he said use any old old grease. surely not,could someone advise please as its this weekends project.
make a change from discovery td5 tinkering, as parts for that not arrived yet.

[Acer]

Originally Posted by spudd

Bought my angle gear repair kit from Volvo.comes with new sleeve 2x seals and 6 bolts but no grease. asked in parts dept where is the grease, to be told Volvo no longer supply.he said use any old old grease. surely not,could someone advise please as its this weekends project.
make a change from discovery td5 tinkering, as parts for that not arrived yet.

That is not an angle gear repair kit, it is a spline sleeve repair kit. The angle gear often fails too and will go eventually. There is no repair kit for it and you have to buy a new, used or reconditioned one at a price of about £1500!

That does seem odd about the grease. Maybe check with another Volvo dealer?

[spudd]

Originally Posted by Acer

That is not an angle gear repair kit, it is a spline sleeve repair kit. The angle gear often fails too and will go eventually. There is no repair kit for it and you have to buy a new, used or reconditioned one at a price of about £1500!

That does seem odd about the grease. Maybe check with another Volvo dealer?

Sorry yes your right.i have enquired at Volvo for the price of a new angle gear incase that's what I need.a new one is £995 + vat.thought best buy spline first and see how it goes as they will want my old box back.

[Tannaton]

The grease is just for the splines and priming the seals, it's not a critical lubricating fluid so I would just use whatever grease you have.

[Ducklakeview]

Originally Posted by Tannaton

The grease is just for the splines and priming the seals, it's not a critical lubricating fluid so I would just use whatever grease you have.

What he said!

Mike

[Acer]

Originally Posted by spudd

Sorry yes your right.i have enquired at Volvo for the price of a new angle gear incase that's what I need.a new one is £995 + vat.thought best buy spline first and see how it goes as they will want my old box back.

Bear in mind that Volvo UK will contribute to the repair of a spline sleeve and/or angle gear failure. This applies outside of warranty and is mileage dependent. There is a sliding scale. I think above 80k you get get pretty much nothing, but well worth looking into if you are 75k or less. Under 50k and you get an 80% contribution. 50 - 75k gets you 40%. Of course that means paying their labour charges, but you don't really want an Indie trying this one for the first time. I know some of the lads here have done it themselves.

[scottyjohn]

What's involved in replacing the splined sleeve?

[scottyjohn]

And how much is the kit?

[ianu]

Originally Posted by scottyjohn

What's involved in replacing the splined sleeve?

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showth...ve+replacement

:-)