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Author Topic: New half shaft squeak  (Read 9338 times)

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Offline BenM

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Re: New half shaft squeak
« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2013, 10:35:56 AM »
Do a search on changing the pinion seal. It's not so bad, but there are a couple of places you have to be careful, and you can always have bad luck and end up collapsing the crush washer.

It could be the bearing back there as well being a bit dry. How much did you add to the front diff and can you tell if it's leaking around the pinion seal?
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Re: New half shaft squeak
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2013, 10:49:20 PM »
Thanks for the reply. It does not seem to be leaking at the seal.
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Re: New half shaft squeak
« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2013, 11:04:21 AM »
I would want to drop it down and clean it out well. Maybe there's some sludge or something preventing enough oil from getting back to that bearing.

If it's not leaking oil and it's worn something just isn't getting lubricated in there.
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