>>> Hello out there in Alpine Land.
>>>
>>> I have developed a whine, growel etc noise in the rear end of my
>Alpine V.
>
>Last week, a friend stopped over in his Alpine. He said there was a
>strange whine/squeak coming from the back end. We went out in the car,
>and a few miles down the road, the rear end LOCKED UP solid. Literally.
>In the middle of the road. Couldnt move the car. (AAA took over an
>hour)
>
For the record the 3.89:1 diff in my minx ( same as alpine, I think )
started to get noisy about 5 years ago after I let it get low on oil. It is
worn gears I'm told but it has been nothing more serious than that. It
whines when under power only. I test drove an alpine 2 years ago which had
a new diff and that was noisy. I understand that it reduces the pleasure of
driving the alpine but I don't think that a whine under power will ever
bring you to a sudden holt.
Anthony
Series II Alpine
Series IV Minx
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Anthony J Robinson, B.Comm.,B.Eng.(Hons).|"I make hamburgers," the Whitlams.
University of Melbourne |
Parkville, Victoria |
Australia |
Phone: (03) 9344 7560 |
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