Some Random Guy
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Team, I'm looking for a bit of help isolating an issue before I try the dealership. I had an incident earlier today that took me from 100% brake, to WOT, to 100% brake, back to WOT. All 1st gear, I have a manual transmission. Afterwards, my rear end was making a lot of noise. Specifically when coasting (in gear, or in neutral) and it varies with speed. It's pretty loud. At first I thought one of my fender liners had somehow started rubbing, but that's not the case.
My best guess is I messed up the diff, either a bearing or knocked the backlash out of spec. Anybody else got ideas to check on my own? I don't want to pull driveshafts, I was supposed to go cutting trees in the mountains tomorrow. Looks like that's off now, but if I need to get it to the dealer I will have to do that within a few hours. I'm more inclined to get it to a diff shop, but the only reputable one that doesn't charge 4-digit prices for diff flushes is quite a ways away and usually booked out.
I'm going to go look at prices on 60's, I'm not dumping too much into the stock D44 if I did butcher something. Horrid driving has become pretty common, so I suspect a similar incident will happen again within a year.
My best guess is I messed up the diff, either a bearing or knocked the backlash out of spec. Anybody else got ideas to check on my own? I don't want to pull driveshafts, I was supposed to go cutting trees in the mountains tomorrow. Looks like that's off now, but if I need to get it to the dealer I will have to do that within a few hours. I'm more inclined to get it to a diff shop, but the only reputable one that doesn't charge 4-digit prices for diff flushes is quite a ways away and usually booked out.
I'm going to go look at prices on 60's, I'm not dumping too much into the stock D44 if I did butcher something. Horrid driving has become pretty common, so I suspect a similar incident will happen again within a year.
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