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(OT) wifes little van rear axle going south, just what I needed!

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Ken in PA

05-07-2002 20:32:39




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Sometimes it never ends!

I spent the night mounting up some tires for the wifes van and I figured while I was at it I would see what the clicking noise I had heard while coasting was all about. Seems like the spider gears in the diff are actually going bad? When I spin the one rear tire by hand with it in park and the diff gears are turning it's making a grinding noise.

The fluid has never been low and we don't make a habbit out of one wheel peeling in the snow so you would think them gears would have an easy life?

Guess it's time to pull the cover and get into the stinky oil!

My guess on the order of things.
1) pull cover and get stinky
2) make a list of bad parts
3) call and get parts prices
4) say thank you,hang up,choke
5) go get a junkyard rearend
6) pull cover on used unit and change oil
7) install and put all my newer brake parts on
8) give wife a brake bleeding refresher class!

I know she means well but every time I ask her how long it has been doing something "bad" she says "for a while now but I didn't want to bother you."

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don t. - 9n180179

05-08-2002 05:55:57




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 Re: (OT) wifes little van rear axle going south, just what I needed! in reply to Ken in PA, 05-07-2002 20:32:39  
Ken...good luck w/your problew. I hope its not a GM. HAD a 94 chevy conv. van, nothing but rear end problems for the entire 8 years I had it. You name it, it was replaced under warranty. One service mgr stated that GM was using cheaper bearings, and noticed that it was all over the bigger vechiles. After the warrenty ran out, of cource it mucked up again. Tried to find a replacement, 2 weeks later, no luck. Ended up fixing what was wrong and got rid of it. It had aprox 110,000 miles. I've been a GM man since day one of driving but this one has soured me on GM. Traded it in a month ago, wife wanted a suv. She loves her rodeo.

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SteveB(wi)

05-08-2002 05:35:01




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 Re: (OT) wifes little van rear axle going south, just what I needed! in reply to Ken in PA, 05-07-2002 20:32:39  
At least she's not like mine. She'll just turn up the radio so she doesn't hear it and I only find out when I drive it.



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Thompson8N167346 - wife said car was going WHUMP

05-08-2002 08:13:20




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 Re: Re: (OT) wifes little van rear axle going south, just what I needed! in reply to SteveB(wi), 05-08-2002 05:35:01  
My wife told me that the car had been making a WHUMPING noise whenever she hit a bump in the road. When I asked, the noise had been happening for a week or so.
A test drive revealed the problem VERY quickly. The entire window seal except the bottom had let go and every time the car hit a bump the window would swing out and then "whump" back into place.



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Fast Ed Ohio

05-07-2002 23:45:33




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 Re: (OT) wifes little van rear axle going south, just what I needed! in reply to Ken in PA, 05-07-2002 20:32:39  
Ken Pa , I see you have a rear wheel drive van , but is it Ford , GM , Mopar , Rice Burner, Positraction ? Year make and model would help , others who have been there could help if they knew what your working on .



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Ken in PA

05-08-2002 17:23:18




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 Re: Re: (OT) wifes little van rear axle going south, just what I needed! in reply to Fast Ed Ohio, 05-07-2002 23:45:33  
Sorry about that Ed. I guess it was more of a vent than a question.

1989 Chevy Astro van 2wd with open diff.

Thanks,
Ken



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Mark Hendershot

05-07-2002 20:54:04




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 Re: (OT) wifes little van rear axle going south, just what I needed! in reply to Ken in PA, 05-07-2002 20:32:39  
When you get that clicking sound the rear axle bearing is tring to tell you something. Been there befor a couple of times. Keep your hopes up that is cheaper to fix. Since you would need to pull the axle to get to the gears that is what I would check for first. Mark H.



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Ken in PA

05-07-2002 21:01:05




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 Re: Re: (OT) wifes little van rear axle going south, just what I needed! in reply to Mark Hendershot, 05-07-2002 20:54:04  
I hope you are right! It sound sort of deep in there but I have never had the nack at noises that some people have. I have tried all the screwdriver to the ear tricks and I never seem to get it. Heck, even my wife says I never hear what she is saying!

Thanks, I will start out there first!

Ken



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Mark Hendershot

05-07-2002 21:26:19




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 Re: Re: Re: (OT) wifes little van rear axle going south, just what I needed! in reply to Ken in PA, 05-07-2002 21:01:05  
Jack up one side at a time and check for play. You should be able to feel the one that is bad. It will also show on the race and bearing when you clean it off. Good luck and let us know what you find. Mark H.



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