Ken, Are you sure it's not the rear U joint. That's
what it sound like to me. Dropping the drive shaft to
check wouldn't be a biggie.
Best, JK
--- Blue One Hundred
<international_investor@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ken -
>
> Did you by any chance run the diff without oil for a
> period of time? If so, you will get galling on the
> gears and that will make noise under load.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alan
>
> '53 BN1 '64 BJ8
>
> --- "Freese, Ken" <Ken.Freese@Aerojet.com> wrote:
>
> > Over the weekend, the rear end was probed with a
> > stethoscope both on jack
> > stands in 4th at 30mph and while driving around
> with
> > one rear seat removed.
> > We never really heard the growl on the jackstands.
> > All the bearings seemed
> > to emit a nice whir including the OD rear.
> > We did notice a clickety clack noise that seemed
> to
> > come from the diff and
> > that there was almost 1/4 inch rotational slack at
> > the pinion flange while
> > my spare diff is more like .030!
> >
> > While driving with the rear seat removed, we did
> > hear the growl similar to
> > the normal 1st gear whine only of a different
> lower
> > pitch. Most evident when
> > starting up a hill in 2nd. I don't hear it in 1st,
> > but maybe the normal
> > whine masks it. I also think I hear it in 3rd
> under
> > a low rpm load.
> > So maybe it is a transmission issue that I didn't
> > hear on the jackstands
> > because I was in 4th direct?
> > Ken Freese
>
> >
>
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