Black dawg, thanks for the tip on the green loctite. That didn’t cross my mind. I’ll pick some up today and hopefully the wind will die down by the time i’m off work.
To clarify, the pinion incident happened about a year ago. Since then its gotten all new components minus spiders and carrier...
I would say the carrier bearings have enough preload. They were shimmed until I couldn’t get the carrier in without a deadblow and taking it out took some effort with a pry bar and screwdriver. After that everything was tightened to spec and my measurements in my original post were taken.
No...
I got up at 430 this morning to pull the cover before work. Propped it open with a screwdriver and letting it drain all day. Hopefully this afternoon I’ll have enough daylight to get a dial indicator back on it and check the pattern again. Lucky me, I keep a pretty big tube of GM marking...
No carrier bearing just the shaft from transfer case to differential.
I doubt it’s tire noise because the noise doesn’t change with road surface but stranger things have happened so I’ll rotate the tires this weekend to see if it makes a difference.
I’m actually gonna just buy a chassis...
Hello all. I’m a long time lurker and learner but don’t post much on any platform.
Short of it, I have a loud high pitched whistle (not a bearing squeal) like noise and a low rumble from the rear differential (90% sure), but only at speeds over 65 and only on a very light throttle throttle...
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