Rear End Help
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Rear End Help
Hey guys, Ive been having some noises come from my rear end. It's hard to describe the noise but long story short I took it to a reliable mechanic who says the noise is being caused by either a bad pinion bearing, chipped tooth, or both. My question is would it be better to get it all fixed by him or getting a decent rear end from the junkyard? How easy is it to replace the whole rear end myself?
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Making kind of a vibrating whining noise? If there is no slop in the yoke, then could be a chipped tooth. If the yoke wobbles around the likely pinion bearings.
You can bolt in a rearend in a few hours with some basic hand tools. Worst part is getting the U bolts off(if they are rusty). Cut them and get new ones is the easy route there. Drop it out and put new one in.
Likely cheaper then getting new ring/pinion/bearings installed.
You can bolt in a rearend in a few hours with some basic hand tools. Worst part is getting the U bolts off(if they are rusty). Cut them and get new ones is the easy route there. Drop it out and put new one in.
Likely cheaper then getting new ring/pinion/bearings installed.
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You can bolt in a rearend in a few hours with some basic hand tools. Worst part is getting the U bolts off(if they are rusty). Cut them and get new ones is the easy route there. Drop it out and put new one in.
Likely cheaper then getting new ring/pinion/bearings installed.
Likely cheaper then getting new ring/pinion/bearings installed.
And the U bolts/nuts are supposed to be replaced each time you take them off anyway IIRC.
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Thanks a lot guys. I've never really messed with the rear end stuff so it's still a little new to me. I do like the idea of having it out so that I can clean it really good so that is definitely something I'll do
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