apeacock Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 In April my 2000 XC70 axle exploded, 500 mile trip fully loaded and it made it to the hotel parking lot where a piece of the inner CV fell on the ground. Replaced at Darcars of Rockville Maryland (Nice Volvo dealer) with a World pac axle that was readily available. Bill came to $460, better then the $1000 it was going to cost for an OEM piece. Fast forward to October of this year and I'm getting a vibration I've never felt coming from that same front passenger corner. When turning hard (either fast or slow) to the left, I get a sort of lumping vibration from the wheel. It was worse with my summer tires and is still present with the winter set on there. It feel like it does it every couple of degrees and I'm not sure what could be causing it. When sitting in the passenger seat I can feel it through my feet on the floor. With the car half in the air I tried my best to man handle the axle by twisting the two pieces opposite each other and pulling it in and out, it seemed rather solid. The Mounts for the front sway bar are worn and I can see cracks in them, the bushings of the A arms are just fine, there's now highway vibrations synonymous with bad tie rods, wheel balance, and ball joints. I've started to wonder if maybe the axle bolt at the end of the whole thing is a little loose and it making contact with something on hard turns? I'll be swapping out the front struts within the next few weeks and maybe something will come to light then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIZIO AKA 1 HND MEC Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Check also the sway bar bushing, this was my problem after I put everything new on the front and I was still with the noise/vibration! just check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeacock Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 13 hours ago, TIZIO AKA 1 HND MEC said: Check also the sway bar bushing, this was my problem after I put everything new on the front and I was still with the noise/vibration! just check It's really worn I can see visible cracks in it. I just question if it would result in the hard turn lump // pulsing vibration I'm feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihatespeedbumps Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Have you grabbed the axles to see if there is excessive play in the CV joints? I would start there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEU Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 LOL! Darcars sucks around here! You might have been better off going across the street to Scandinavian Auto, some of the techs aren't great either but at least one of the techs (Edwin) is on SS and is very good. The service manager is a M-Fer... Or you could have taking it to Volvo5.0 shop in Bethesda next to Martens Volvo which is the best dealer in MD. I'd also look at wheel bearing, if they are bad they'll cause vibration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeacock Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 On 12/3/2015 at 6:21 PM, Ihatespeedbumps said: Have you grabbed the axles to see if there is excessive play in the CV joints? I would start there. With just the one side in the air the parts don't rotate independent of each other. Not sure yet about in an out play (ha) On 12/7/2015 at 7:52 AM, NEU said: LOL! Darcars sucks around here! You might have been better off going across the street to Scandinavian Auto, some of the techs aren't great either but at least one of the techs (Edwin) is on SS and is very good. The service manager is a M-Fer... Or you could have taking it to Volvo5.0 shop in Bethesda next to Martens Volvo which is the best dealer in MD. I'd also look at wheel bearing, if they are bad they'll cause vibration. It was a very last minute situation and I needed someplace I could leave it and know it would be taken care of in 24-48 hours. Sure enough it was done before the next day was out. Wouldn't the bearing shake all the time though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnout8488 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Sounds like a wheel bearing on its way out, but could be axle related if the axle is binding only when turned. If you can get the axle out of the passenger wheel hub and spin the bearing by hand, you'll immediately know if it's bad. A bad bearing won't turn freely at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEU Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 I've had wheel bearing only vibrate at certain speeds on the hiway and it wasn't an out of balance tire. Vibration was still there when I swapped tires, replace the bearing, problem gone... If it's really bad it will vibrate all the time, you'll even feel it in braking too. Easiest way to check is jack up the car grab the wheel at the 12 and 6 o'clock position and shake it, if it's got play it's bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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