Please check rear gearbox mounts on 340's!!! *Disaster!!!*

[Bazboy]

Sweet pic that last one, a very nice yard indeed. Scary thought a gearbox falling off .
Im going to check mine on the weekend, will i need to remove anything or is it just something ill be able to see from under the car?

Cheers Dan.

[Fuse]

This is a quite common problem.. I had the support beam welded because of the rust.

It's not too complicated to fabricate your own beam though if the beam is totally knackered.

One example:

http://www.volvolandia.com/SVF/index.php?topic=41265.45

[filthyjohn]

When I reassembled my 340's back end I used the least rusty support out of the 5 I'd managed to collect. Strange that the gearbox front crossmembers don't seem to suffer nearly as much from the tinworm.

[classicswede]

The rear one probably gets more spray from off the road.

[340GLT]

I have some propshaft pics now, the removable part was inside the prop, i pulled it out.
Adam

[classicswede]

Glue or blue tack?

[filthyjohn]

Same thing I did to the vario props. You'd have to call it weak design really, from a tuning point of view. Adam, have you managed ok using standard props with the F7R?

[340GLT]

Yeh fine, this was only caused because of the gearbox monting.
Adam

[filthyjohn]

That's good to know, mine's on a standard prop too. All my mounts are good, I've had the car almost down to a shell in the last 6 months, seems like there's not one bit i haven't inspected and refitted/replaced. Seems a bit unhealthy really

[foggyjames]

Interesting stuff. I've had the bushings collapse on a 340 before, but never this.

George Mitchell (Friends of the Volvo 300) has had a batch of 360 crossmembers with a revised design made. I did wonder why, as I'd never heard of it being a problem, but maybe I'm just not 'on the money'...

cheers

James