Re: [MV] 5 ton axle noise

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Apr 15 2004 - 21:24:33 PDT


At 9:15 PM -0700 4/15/04, tom wrote:
>got up to about 30 mph and heard this really loud
>screeching noise (louder than a multifuel engine),
>managed to get turned around back home and discovered
>a very small amount of fluid escaping the vent of one
>of the rear axles
>Only 18,000 miles, never had any problems til now.
>Any ideas on what the common problems are to start
>with? thanks

Probably a bad bearing or something in the spider
for the diff. Best thing to do is drain it and
check for metal bits. You might have to get a
rebuild done.

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