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Old May 31, 2010 | 08:43 PM
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Humming noise after axle seal change

Under accelleration I hear a humming noise coming from the transmission, I counted how many turns it took to remove the retainer on both sides and marked my spots, could I have possibly tightened it too much?
Old May 31, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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Old May 31, 2010 | 09:39 PM
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It's not a loud humming noise but its noticeable...
Old May 31, 2010 | 09:46 PM
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OK...you're only slightly ****ed.
Why would you pull the diff side retainers off in order to change the seals?
My guess is that you messed up the bearing preload by one turn too tight.
Hope that only the front diff carrier bearings need replacing.

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Old May 31, 2010 | 09:52 PM
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**** man.
Old May 31, 2010 | 09:57 PM
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So basically something is broken one way or another?
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Well, I can't hear the noise, so I'm going off of experience.
The noise could be from a few things, but seeing that you removed both diff carrier bearing retainers, it is most likely the cause of the noise.
You could have also shifted the ring gear too close to the pinion gear, which is an expensive mistake.
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Old May 31, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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Yeah, i'm really done with this.
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I think you should take the ****ing bus from now on. take the damn thing to Ed or Paul and quit ****ing it up man
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Originally Posted by Paul@dbtuned
Well, I can't hear the noise, so I'm going off of experience.
The noise could be from a few things, but seeing that you removed both diff carrier bearing retainers, it is most likely the cause of the noise.
You could have also shifted the ring gear too close to the pinion gear, which is an expensive mistake.
note to self! don't try and replace your axles at home...

sorry to hear about your troubles lanz0r
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Good god man.
I agree with Walter, start taking the bus.
Hey Ceaser bring the car to the game on Wednesday I know of a good cliff you can send it off of.
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