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RE: Rear Diff Whining

  

Otaibi -> RE: Rear Diff Whining (2/20/2008 6:53:18 AM)

There is, but they are expensive. For example, when my trans went out I checked to see how much the dealer would charge me for a new one and it turned out to be $5,479. If I bought it online and shipped it here it would have costed my some where in the neighbourhood of $1,000. See the difference. I was thinking of taking it to the dealer tomorrow and see what they have to say. Is there any other possible problems that might cause the whining?

  
northey87 -> RE: Rear Diff Whining (2/20/2008 8:07:44 AM)

I think lose gears or warped housing are probably the only major reasons.

Otaibi -> RE: Rear Diff Whining (2/20/2008 2:17:36 PM)

That does look like the main cause of my noise. A couple of weeks ago I went to the dealer for spacers and I think that they told me that they didn't have 30-40 mm spacers. So the mech advised me to buy 20-30 spacers, do you think that is what caused the noise to come back?

northey87 -> RE: Rear Diff Whining (2/20/2008 2:36:53 PM)

Probably.

Otaibi -> RE: Rear Diff Whining (2/22/2008 8:30:42 AM)

How could someone warp their diff? Could it be from rough driving? Perhaps from sand duning?

northey87 -> RE: Rear Diff Whining (2/22/2008 9:37:46 AM)

I don't really know, maybe someone here can shed some light on this? 

RonH -> RE: Rear Diff Whining (2/22/2008 10:30:42 AM)

Mine was in a 4-door sedan that was driven mildly.  The dealership could not explain why it happened and blamed it on a factory defect... probably some sort of stress on the metal from the casting process that finally caused the warpage.

Otaibi -> RE: Rear Diff Whining (2/22/2008 2:08:10 PM)

What happened after the dealer found out that it was a factory defect? Did they replace it or give you some kind of discount?

RonH -> RE: Rear Diff Whining (2/22/2008 10:20:07 PM)

I had bought the car used from the dealer.  It was covered by an extended warranty, so the replacement was paid for by that.

  

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