Chased that one for a year... Replaced damn near everything. It is your drum
brake rubbing against the dust cover plate. Caused by runout in the diff.
When you make hard turnes the axle moves in such away to allow the drum to
rub the dust cover. Things I haven't replaced yet that might help are the
inner bearings and of course rebuilding the diff. Replacing the outer
bearing and seals didn't do it. Not much you can do but swap it out for one
with less miles. If anyone else has a better solution please speak up
Chris Reichle
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From: mgs-owner
To: 'The MG List'
Subject: Rear-end noises.
Date: Wednesday,October 16,1996 7:31PM
No, this is no reference to bodily functions...
Is there anything other than the universal joints on the drive shaft, or =
the wheel bearings, that can cause a scraping/grinding noise in the rear =
of an MGB when turning, or accelerating from a stop. This is one of the =
symptoms my car has had lately. The other involved a severe vibration =
above 30 mph which seems to have passed with the replacement of the =
universal joints, which were bad. However, the noises persist, and I'm =
wondering if there's still something wrong with the universals, or if I =
should look to the rear wheel bearings, or if there's something else it =
could be that I'm not thinking of. BTW, the axle oil is in good =
measure.
Thanks!
J
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