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rear end squeak

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Old 08-02-2010
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rear end squeak

i dont know along the past days ive had a lil squeak when i pull off on the truck specially when turning... today 11 pm it started to be pretty loud so i engaged the 4low and let the truck drive itself on 1st gear (uphill) while i walked around the truck to see were the sound came..

i thought for the past days it might be the cv (and i still think it also makes a sound now..)

and realised the sound came off somewere near the rear diff.... any ideas what this could be? tomarrows a holiday at my country so i doubt my mechanic is gona be working so prolly ill start touching it up to see what i can find.. but any advice or ideas what this could be?
 
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didnt u just get gears installed?

hope its not those...
 
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yeah... thats what im fearing.... prolly gona take off the cover and check everything to see what the hells wrong.. but other than that any ideas?
 
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Pinion bearing, might be bad install.
 
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nwo with daylight i crawled under my truck and saw that oil was leaking out of one of the lower nuts on the diferential. might this be the reason? i supose it has been loosing since the gears installed and untill now the sound is hearable? or with just my hopes its not the gears installation?
 
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either way im going to change both difs oil as the gears are around 500 miles already
 
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good luck with that.

*insert rear that squeeks joke here*___________

*insert rear that leaks joke here*__________

seriously, maybe all it needs is gear fluid.
 
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u-joints?
 
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yep. exactly that. lifted the truck on jacks and put in gear to hear were it came from and ended just being the u-joints.. atleast wasent anything bad and the gears are perfect and the spacer i got made works perfect. gave it a nice frame cleaning and some spray lubricant the used at the shop and now nothing squeaks sounds or anything. :)
 
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