The angle gear/bevel gear/transfer case (your choice) on our 04 XC70 is failing, as evidenced by increasing gear whine and confirmed by the local Volvo dealer.
I have the angle gear from our wrecked 01 XC70 still attached to the nearly new tranny on a pallet in the yard. It has no leaks and has never given a hint of trouble. My question for any of the experts here is whether or not the units are interchangeable between those model years.
There was a change in the part number in 2003, but the parts department at the local dealer does not know the significance of the change. As they told me (a little facetiously, for sure), parts numbers sometimes change with the color of the box in which parts are packaged.
Obviously, if something like shaft size, number or size of splines, etc. changed between 2002 and 2003, I am out of luck.
So, will an 01 XC70 angle gear fit/work in an 04 XC70? If not, why not?
If anyone can answer this question, I would be grateful.
Thanks!
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