Help save my celebration...
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 8:48 pm
Evening all, as we have been in a situation over the last few weeks where we have been unable to go anywhere, i decided to take advantage of the glorious weather and make a start on recommissioning my lovely Volvo 480. I have gone as far as to purchase all new parts ready to get her back up and running with a view to her being back on the road for the summer months.
Unfortunately i have hit a major problem today , whilst i was getting ready to replace the steering and suspension components on N/S/F i thought it would be a good idea to strip everything down with a view to getting on top of corrosion and maybe paint the brake calipers etc etc. Upon doing so i removed all the nuts and bolts holding the bottom arm, tie rod end and complete suspension as i have new springs and shocks to go on as well. Now rather than removing the hub, i thought it would be a good idea to remove the drive shaft in situ from the gearbox itself not thinking that i would lose more or less the entire contents of the gearbox oil all over my drive Really don't know why i did this!!! I am not a mechanic but like to think i know my way around my 480 which i have owned for 12 years, although that said i have never undertaken such a job in all the time she has been under my ownership, so this was a new experience in itself. During my fight to try and stop the oil from pouring out, i've tried to push the drive shaft back in, and in doing so i have damaged one of the main bearings on the shaft. As a result of this, the tiny roller bearings on the end of the shaft have come apart and fallen into the gearbox itself .
I appreciate this will be a gearbox out job, so my question is does anybody think it would be worth trying to get the small roller bearings out of the gearbox, i have counted 28 roller bearings altogether on each of the three bearings on the end of the shaft; two of the three bearings are still complete, however i have only managed to recover 5 of the 28 roller bearings on the third, so 23 are presumed in the gearbox or would it be better to source another gearbox. This has really set me back to the point where even if i wanted to sell it, it would only be any good as a parts car. I do have pictures of the parts in which i am referring to but i am unsure of how to upload these to this thread. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Unfortunately i have hit a major problem today , whilst i was getting ready to replace the steering and suspension components on N/S/F i thought it would be a good idea to strip everything down with a view to getting on top of corrosion and maybe paint the brake calipers etc etc. Upon doing so i removed all the nuts and bolts holding the bottom arm, tie rod end and complete suspension as i have new springs and shocks to go on as well. Now rather than removing the hub, i thought it would be a good idea to remove the drive shaft in situ from the gearbox itself not thinking that i would lose more or less the entire contents of the gearbox oil all over my drive Really don't know why i did this!!! I am not a mechanic but like to think i know my way around my 480 which i have owned for 12 years, although that said i have never undertaken such a job in all the time she has been under my ownership, so this was a new experience in itself. During my fight to try and stop the oil from pouring out, i've tried to push the drive shaft back in, and in doing so i have damaged one of the main bearings on the shaft. As a result of this, the tiny roller bearings on the end of the shaft have come apart and fallen into the gearbox itself .
I appreciate this will be a gearbox out job, so my question is does anybody think it would be worth trying to get the small roller bearings out of the gearbox, i have counted 28 roller bearings altogether on each of the three bearings on the end of the shaft; two of the three bearings are still complete, however i have only managed to recover 5 of the 28 roller bearings on the third, so 23 are presumed in the gearbox or would it be better to source another gearbox. This has really set me back to the point where even if i wanted to sell it, it would only be any good as a parts car. I do have pictures of the parts in which i am referring to but i am unsure of how to upload these to this thread. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.