I just went to a mechanic for checking the pinion.
God lucky! The noise wasn’t from the diff… (there still is some boiling(?) noise from diff though)
It was from the right rear wheel.
I found this article from this forum.
Took the car out, while jumping on the highway I heard a pop
— got off the highway. Leaving off the gas, I noticed
that there was a dragging sound, like a sticking caliper.
Give it gas and no dragging sound, leave off gas, a dragging
sound.
Turned around and went home.
Pulled the right rear wheel, moved disk a bit, checked
things out, saw nothing wrong, pushed and pulled a bit on
the disk/caliper. Installed wheel and torqued.
Took car on driveway (90 feet long) jammed on brakes, put i…
Sounds like exact same as mine but only mine is not cured.
I am guessing that it’s from the caliper or handbrake shoe?
Hub bearings are new, btw
Grooveman:
Something like this
Or this:
It’s just a bit of 1/4" barstock with a hole to suit the flange bolt in it (the other end has a smaller hole for larger flanges).
Grooveman
(Grooveman)
January 18, 2019, 3:23pm
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Andrew …
Yes you definitely need something like that to keep the differential from turning… but you still need some serious leverage to tighten the piñon bolt …
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