Hello out there. new to forums and to posting. Glad to see others out there with an interest in these cars. Bought a '99 XC with 154K miles on it a month ago. First Volvo (3 Saabs, 1 MB, dodge, ford etc.) Did the requisite timing belt/serp/water pump (original! The belt had about 45 seconds of life left). Then wanted to change the ATF. It looked clear but brown, no smell. A used trans was installed in '08 but no idea how many miles. No driveability issues prior to drain/refill. About 2 miles after the drain/refill I felt a driveline shudder at 30 to 45mph, would disappear above or below that. the shudder progressed to a rattle/shudder and i anticipated further deterioration. Put it on a hoist and ran it up to about 50mph with lots of clanking/clunking/vibration.($$$) then removed the driveshaft. Ujoint not loose, bearing felt like hi-mileage but not particularly noisy and not sloppy. But when i ran it up to speed again got just a few clicks and then smooth. Drove it several miles without driveshaft and now in only clicks a few times when one wheel spins (winter here in northern Minnesota you know). I was a VW/Ford mechanic back in the 70's and am comfortable with Auto/manual transmissions but the VC and BG are aliens to me (so far!) Any advice for this issue? I have read about 2000 threads about these things but so far have not hit the right one yet.
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