Rear-end whine
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Rear-end whine My friend has an 02 Z28 that he got about 2 months ago and since he bought it there is a loud whine/grinding noise that comes from his rear-end. You can hear it inside and out. My thoughts were that the gear fluid doesnt contain the friction additive so thats why its making the noise. But he is sure the gears are bad and is about to pay 600+ bucks tp fix it. Does anyone have any opinions or past experiences that may help?
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You know you need more additive when it makes squeaks and creeks in turns, but it shouldnt do anything going straight. If its a straight up grinding sound, it could be the gears or the bearings or both. Best thing would be to pull the over, and see whats going on in there.
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What would we look for in the bearings? like what kind of wear or signs of damage? Im just trying to help him out because the place that specializes in corvettes and does slight f-bodies said he needs a whole new rear end with him just explaing the problem
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Originally Posted by RoDan
You know you need more additive when it makes squeaks and creeks in turns, but it shouldnt do anything going straight. If its a straight up grinding sound, it could be the gears or the bearings or both. Best thing would be to pull the over, and see whats going on in there.
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What would we look for in the bearings? like what kind of wear or signs of damage? Im just trying to help him out because the place that specializes in corvettes and does slight f-bodies said he needs a whole new rear end with him just explaing the problem
Could be the bearings. Don't worry, it'll be pretty obvious that they need to be replaced after looking at them.
Pull the cover and drain the fliud and look for shavings, that's a start.
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Ok sounds good, can the bearing be done as a DIY job or do we have to take it in to a shop.I have a real good amount of experience with working on cars (mainly mustangs) so the chances for me to do it are good right?. If so how much does that run.
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my car is doing this as well, pulled the cover about a month ago and replaced fluid and put in the additive.. yes there were shavings and lots of them. the grinding noise is really bad.
do axles have bearings?
do axles have bearings?
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my SS has a whining sound as well..i had the fluids replaced today and it seemed to help a little bit..my cars rear is not clunking or grinding..it almost sounds like it could be a driveshaft problem..maybe an unbalanced one?? my car has an aluminum ds..