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Thank you for the link - I'm definitely planning to do yearly maintenance myself from now on. I just need to research and watch some how to videos and I'll be able to figure it all out. Better than spending $1400/year to have a shop do it.
Thank you all for your replies! Great feedback and very informative. I spoke to the mechanic and he said he believes this is the first time the drive shaft has ever been pulled off. The bellows had been leaking for a while and I was lucky the whole thing didn't seize up.
I'm going to go ahead...
Hello! I have a 2010 Volvo Penta 5.0 GXi and have noticed a grinding noise when I'm turning left or right. This has gotten progressively worse over the past 6 months to the point where I no longer felt I should run it. I did some research and it looks like it may be the gimbal bearing, u-joints...
