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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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