Hammer
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- Scottsdale, AZ
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- 91 4Door 4X4 Explorer XLT
Help!
I have a 91 4 door Explorer XLT.
I have installed among other things a Auburn Pro Series LS and 4:56 gears. To beef up the rear end I also instaled a Ford SVO rear diff cover that has the bolt cap tensioners that help the end caps on the diff.
Anyway, about a month ago I started hearing this screach. Rick, you heard it when we ran raw deal and martinez. We all thought it was brakes. I had the alignment done as you must do that every 3 months because Ford TTB hates lifts and large tires and they said the front brakes looked fine. I cleaned them real good and I still heard a squeal. I finally decided to change the pads. This did not fix the squeal. I finally got the truck on 4 jack stands and put the vehicle in gear. I got it to start squealing but I could not figure out were it was coming from. I heard the drive shaft ping a couple times so I imeadiatly removed it and took it to Dicks Drive Shaft and they discovered that the joints were going bad. I had them replaced as I saw how much movement they had in them and they looked bad. This only took an hour and when I returned and intaled the drive shaft the squeal was still there. Man I was mad:fire:
I then got right under the truck while it was in the air, running and in gear (Not to safe
)
and found out it is the pinion bearing. I also found out that my diff fluid has been leaking out through the bolts that support the end caps of the rear end.
Has anyone heard of this?
Does anyone have this rearend, I know Rick has one, does anyone know how to stop this from leaking?
I am looking at a serious bill to fix this.
Any suggestions?
Help?
I have a 91 4 door Explorer XLT.
I have installed among other things a Auburn Pro Series LS and 4:56 gears. To beef up the rear end I also instaled a Ford SVO rear diff cover that has the bolt cap tensioners that help the end caps on the diff.
Anyway, about a month ago I started hearing this screach. Rick, you heard it when we ran raw deal and martinez. We all thought it was brakes. I had the alignment done as you must do that every 3 months because Ford TTB hates lifts and large tires and they said the front brakes looked fine. I cleaned them real good and I still heard a squeal. I finally decided to change the pads. This did not fix the squeal. I finally got the truck on 4 jack stands and put the vehicle in gear. I got it to start squealing but I could not figure out were it was coming from. I heard the drive shaft ping a couple times so I imeadiatly removed it and took it to Dicks Drive Shaft and they discovered that the joints were going bad. I had them replaced as I saw how much movement they had in them and they looked bad. This only took an hour and when I returned and intaled the drive shaft the squeal was still there. Man I was mad:fire:
I then got right under the truck while it was in the air, running and in gear (Not to safe
)and found out it is the pinion bearing. I also found out that my diff fluid has been leaking out through the bolts that support the end caps of the rear end.
Has anyone heard of this?
Does anyone have this rearend, I know Rick has one, does anyone know how to stop this from leaking?
I am looking at a serious bill to fix this.
Any suggestions?
Help?
