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Old 10-09-2005, 05:14 AM
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Re: Rear End howling

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Originally Posted by brehmster
Hi,

My Rear End on my 1996 Safari is howling and I was wondering if anyone has ever changed out gears to fix this or if I would be better off to just get a salvage yard replacement rear end. Thanks for your time.

Brehmster
Does the noise come and go (hear it on accel or decell) or is it all the time?
You could rebuild the diff, it just takes some skill to get backlash and bearing preload right.
If you get a diff from the salvage yard, you dont know what condition it is in...could be better, could be worse
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