Your Volvo is a beautiful piece of modern engineering – sleek lines, a great engine, amazing safety features, and a slew of potential options that can make it a dream to drive. But imagine all of this without a key component, albeit one that can go largely overlooked: your Volvo S70 axle assembly. Your car can be the most amazing machine around, but how would anyone ever find out if it’s without wheels and a foundation to support it out on the road.

The axle assembly, along with the tires, is the final key to moving your Volvo down the road. It connects all of that great technology, and all of those safety and luxury features with the road that it seeks to travel along.

Looking at it from this point-of-view, you can see why its value should never be underestimated. From the axle shafts, CV-joints, and U-joints, each piece of your Volvo S70 axle assembly is as valuable as the other, and together they work seamlessly to provide you, the driver, with the smoothest, most trouble free ride that is possible. It also supports the entire weight of your Volvo, as well as acts as the drivetrain. When your drivetrain is out of wack your acceleration will simultaneously drop along with it. The front axle acts as the steering axle, so you can imagine how unmanageable making necessary turns and swerves would become if it weren’t properly cared for. Everything else about your Volvo is relying on the performance of your axle assembly, so evaluate the state of the assembly.If it’s time to replace your Volvo S70 axle assembly, you’ve already made a turn in the right direction.