Input shaft seal is leaking and the shop told me the input shaft is worn and needs to be replaced. I retrieved the drive from the shop (they quoted me a low price for the repair to get the drive into the shop and then told me it would cost 2.5X the initial quote to finish the repair even though nothing changed in the diagnosis) and I am going to do the repair myself.
I will verify that the input shaft has issues near the seal surface before making any decisions, but curious if anyone has put a wear sleeve on the input shaft of the Volvo Penta SX-M?
Hate to pay $400 for a complete new driveshaft assembly (great idea Volvo) just to fix a leaking seal, thought it might be worthwhile to explore the wear sleeve idea first. Anyone done this successfully?
The shop said they have done this on Merc's and I saw a video on youtube where someone had done this to repair an Alpha, but the shop and youtube are coming up short for the SX drive, not sure why unless the correct size wear sleeve just isn't available...
I will verify that the input shaft has issues near the seal surface before making any decisions, but curious if anyone has put a wear sleeve on the input shaft of the Volvo Penta SX-M?
Hate to pay $400 for a complete new driveshaft assembly (great idea Volvo) just to fix a leaking seal, thought it might be worthwhile to explore the wear sleeve idea first. Anyone done this successfully?
The shop said they have done this on Merc's and I saw a video on youtube where someone had done this to repair an Alpha, but the shop and youtube are coming up short for the SX drive, not sure why unless the correct size wear sleeve just isn't available...