Re: need Volvo tech help-hard core question
F'in...I have dealt with a few volvo/chrysler packages in the past...everything on the outside of the transom is pretty much standard volvo stuff, any 270 parts book will get you what you need....the motor is pretty much chrysler marine, nothing to unfamiliar there.... the problem is the parts used to mate the 2 together...most of it was custom production runs, nobody kept inventory or parts support...there was no need of it, really.........you have a stub driveshaft in the bell housing, maybe supported by 1 ball bearing, maybe by 2...if you have only 1 bearing, the pilot bushing support is essential, if you have 2, it is not needed...I would assume you checked that shaft for smooth rotation and side play before you bolted a motor on it...these bearings do fail, when the u joint bellows gets holed water gets in these bearings and destroys them...if you have good stub shaft bearings and noise only when turning or tipping the drive, then it is U Joint rattle...it is not uncommon, even with good u joints.....but you should check them for roughness.....