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Aug 22, 2002 | 07:28 PM

bigf150

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Rear End Fluid

If there is too thick of a gear oil in the rear end would it make it hum if you were in the gas just a very little bit? Thank you for reading this.

Aug 22, 2002 | 08:45 PM

tellico racing

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It sounds like the gears are either wearing or maybe set up too tight.Are they new?

78 F150 4x4
429 CID
Dana 44 spooled Front,
9"Locked rear,
5:13 Gears
17/40/15 Gumbo monster mudders
18/39.5/15 Swamper Boggers
BIG,BAD,and UGLY.

Aug 22, 2002 | 08:49 PM

bigf150

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no the gears are the ones that were in it but i put a locker in it. i set the backlash at around 7 thousandths.

Aug 22, 2002 | 09:43 PM

tellico racing

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Every time I have heard that noise it was a gear problem,only once in my fords but several times in my friends chebbys

78 F150 4x4
429 CID
Dana 44 spooled Front,
9"Locked rear,
5:13 Gears
17/40/15 Gumbo monster mudders
18/39.5/15 Swamper Boggers
BIG,BAD,and UGLY.

Aug 23, 2002 | 01:13 PM

79f3504x4

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