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Old April 15th 04, 01:19 AM
Eugene
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Stacey ) wrote:

> "David J and Lynne J Shepherd" > kindly wrote:
>
>> If it didn't move and the brakes didn't lock,

>
> all true...
>
>> this whine noise sounds like
>> the rear end or trans. At minimum I would pull the trans pan and check
>> for
>> "stuff" in the screen and pan, this noise and clunk could also be the
>> rear differental, or even the transfer case. Some one is going to have to
>> spend some time to thoroughly diagnose this, leaks in the diff. will not
>> cause this.

>
> Turns out when they were preparing to slide the rear axle back in
> after replacing the bearings and seals, they wiped the inside of the
> axle's opening with a shop rag and came out with fine silver on the
> rag, so they called me and my Dad down to see. They had pulled the
> plug on the diff (the one that's maganetized) and it was dirty with
> tiny "chunks" of dirty silver which we looked at. The drained diff oil
> did not feel anything close to 90 weight to any of us (way too thin),
> but the guy said if it was synthetic oil it might be 90, but he
> doubted it. Said the whine usually does not stop if it's the diff, but
> that if it's just going in the very beginning, it could start and
> stop, so that's probably what I heard a few weeks ago. Also said when
> they put the new oil in, it may whine right away, or it may go for
> awhile without problems, but that the rear was definitely on its way
> out with all that silver and nothing was gonna stop it. Also said this
> has nothing to do with the clunk or trans, and that that could run
> $2400 on a 4x4.
>
> We were going to have him pull the pan on the trans to check for
> debris, but after finding the rear needs to be rebuilt, there didn't
> seem to be a point. A rebuilt rear, news seals and bearings, and a
> rebuilt trans is more than I can handle. I'm sick. I love this truck.
> It's beautiful. `````
>
> Thanks for your help. I appreciated it.
>
> Stacey

Differentials don't break often and are not nearly as complex as a
transmission. I'd go to the junk yard and find a low milage wrecked truck
or car with the same differential and swap it.
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