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Axle Shafts. Which will fit my 740?

maxitoman007

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I have an 87 740 turbo with a welded open diff. I'm wondering which donor Volvos will have compatible axle shafts so I can stock up. I have a feeling they are going to be the new weakest link on my car. I'm thinking any non-G80 740/940 would work? is that correct?
 
On some early 240's (not sure about 740) you need to trim one axle shaft a trivial amount to fit a G80 in, but on later 240's and (again not sure of exact years) a G80 fits straight in. I put a G80 in my 93 240's rear axle without touching anything. They just made all the axle shafts a little shorter so installing G80 didn't involve a shaft swap as well.
 
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On some early 240's (not sure about 740) you need to trim one axle shaft a trial amount to fit a G80 in, but on later 240's and (again not sure of exact years) a G80 fits straight in. I put a G80 in my 93 240's rear axle without touching anything. They just made all the axle shafts a little shorter so installing G80 didn't involve a shaft swap as well.

It makes sense then that all 7/9s would be similar as they came out later than 240s.
 
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