Came off my 98 XC with 160K. Does have one issue with it however. 2 of the 5 mounting lugs would need to be welded back on. They cracked while reinstalling the bevel gear during a recent engine swap.

The replacement engine came from a FWD V70 turbo. Apparently there was not enough clearance between the bevel gear & the engine block & that resulted in the upper & lower mounting lugs to snap while tightening. Had to file clearance in the block for the bevel gear to fit. Metal that was not there on the AWD block. The guy that was helping me do the engine swap had not experienced that problem on other like swaps that he had done. I mentioned to him that I heard some popping while tightening and he said it was alright so I kept on tightening.

I was bolting the bevel gear to the transmission while on the ground & was completely unaware of the binding. It was not apparent until the engine was back in the car & the half shaft would not slide back into position. It was then we found the problem. Upon removing the bevel gear the 2 closest lugs were snapped. They are aluminum.


The gear is still fine, I drove it for 600 miles until he located me a replacement bevel gear. Asking $150 + shipping.