alacrity

Hi all - I have a 2000 T/A, and have always heard a whine from the rear end, but it was never too bad so foolish me, I never thought much of it. Well last night coming home, doing 45 mph, my abs light popps on and then i hear this god awful; grinding sound from the back of the car. I pull over and now the car will go into gear, and the speedometer works, but all i get is that awful grinding sound with no movement! Please help!

I'm not too tech savy, I learn as I go basically, so please explain in lamens terms! Is it the gears? Or should i replace the whole rear end? I'm totally lost on this one, as I know NOTHING about rear ends. It's a 10 bolt by the way. Thanks!

xbcrguy182x

The easiest and nicest way I can put it is, you need new gears. You can rebuild the stock rear end just fine. If you plan on racing the car, you are better off with buying a aftermarket 12 bolt or Ford 9" rear end. Do some research on this site. There is so much info.

01ssreda4

iTrader: (96)

yep gears are gone. could have caused other damage also.

alamantia

iTrader: (10)

How do you know the gears are gone?

If the ABS light came on there is a possibility that the ABS reluctor ring came off.

xbcrguy182x

If the car doesn't move, and the speedo is showing speed, it means the driveshaft is spinning but the wheels are not. The ABS light is on because its not getting speed reading from the rear wheels.

alacrity

Thanks for the help. I'm going to be changing out the gears as it seems this is the most likely problem. Local speed shop wants to install 3.73 while we have the chance, so I guess I'M going that route. Atleast I get a new mod out of it all.

01ssreda4

iTrader: (96)

exactly correct. the speedo starts to act like a tach. i had that happen after power braking/wheel hopping at 16 years old