I need a little help here guys and any would be appreciated.
I installed the complete ftbr bushing set and i was going to change pinion seal at the same time. When i was getting ready to loosen the pinion nut i noticed that it was already loose, i was able to loosen it by hand. I decided not to mess with it and take it to a differential shop to get the seal replaced.
After their install i noticed the rear was considerably harder to turn but still movable by hand. fast forward to the test drive and i start to notice a howling from the rear end. At first i thought maybe my toe in the rear was off and the noise was from the tires. But the howling seemed to follow the speed of the vehicle and was pretty loud at 30mph to be tires.
So now I'm thinking do i loosen the pinion nut as maybe the tech put to much preload on the crush sleeve? Which is contrary to what was said in this thread. The posts here recommend tightening on i hear whinning, but this is obvious howling.
Sorry for the typos, its late and my phone sucks.
The pinion seal on my 99 is leaking and i bought a new seal to replace it. But after looking at the ford TIS manual for the procedure it looks like its a little bit more complicated than i thought.
The manual says i should replace the pinion nut and that i have to check the backlash and play on something. I've never setup gears or anything of that kind so any recommendations on this procedure would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance.
I installed the complete ftbr bushing set and i was going to change pinion seal at the same time. When i was getting ready to loosen the pinion nut i noticed that it was already loose, i was able to loosen it by hand. I decided not to mess with it and take it to a differential shop to get the seal replaced.
After their install i noticed the rear was considerably harder to turn but still movable by hand. fast forward to the test drive and i start to notice a howling from the rear end. At first i thought maybe my toe in the rear was off and the noise was from the tires. But the howling seemed to follow the speed of the vehicle and was pretty loud at 30mph to be tires.
So now I'm thinking do i loosen the pinion nut as maybe the tech put to much preload on the crush sleeve? Which is contrary to what was said in this thread. The posts here recommend tightening on i hear whinning, but this is obvious howling.
Sorry for the typos, its late and my phone sucks.
The pinion seal on my 99 is leaking and i bought a new seal to replace it. But after looking at the ford TIS manual for the procedure it looks like its a little bit more complicated than i thought.
The manual says i should replace the pinion nut and that i have to check the backlash and play on something. I've never setup gears or anything of that kind so any recommendations on this procedure would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance.
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