Mr_Gixxer
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- 1998 Ford Explorer 5.0L
My first thread so go easy on me. I know there are a few threads similar to this one floating around in the search function and I have read them all. I'm hoping I can explain my unique situation and get a different answer to my problem though so here goes.
Its a 1998 5.0 AWD Explorer. TT and shackles with 31" shoes. Bought it about three months ago with 175K on the clock. Took it to a 4x4 event about a month and a half ago and not surprisingly I broke some things. Here is the short list of major repairs done.
-Two new CV axles
-Two new bearings/hub assemblies
-Rear spider gears and axle seals
-Fuel pump
-Brake pads in front (running new drilled/slotted rotors all around)
About a two weeks after mudding and repairs I started getting a train whistle whine in the front end. The noise stays constant during movement and stops when I come to a complete stop regardless of brake pressure applied. Most days it makes the noise, sometimes it doesn't. It doesn't matter how hot it is outside.
I want to know what the chances are that its the front differential making the noise or something that was just replaced. I did get mud in the rear diff vacuum line causing it to plug up and blow my axle seals. Did I ruin my front diff? Yet?
I know its hard to diagnose particular problems no matter how much I explain them, I'm just hoping someone else may have had this same set of circumstances that could lend me some advice. My mechanic hasn't been much help.
Thanks!
-GiX
Its a 1998 5.0 AWD Explorer. TT and shackles with 31" shoes. Bought it about three months ago with 175K on the clock. Took it to a 4x4 event about a month and a half ago and not surprisingly I broke some things. Here is the short list of major repairs done.
-Two new CV axles
-Two new bearings/hub assemblies
-Rear spider gears and axle seals
-Fuel pump
-Brake pads in front (running new drilled/slotted rotors all around)
About a two weeks after mudding and repairs I started getting a train whistle whine in the front end. The noise stays constant during movement and stops when I come to a complete stop regardless of brake pressure applied. Most days it makes the noise, sometimes it doesn't. It doesn't matter how hot it is outside.
I want to know what the chances are that its the front differential making the noise or something that was just replaced. I did get mud in the rear diff vacuum line causing it to plug up and blow my axle seals. Did I ruin my front diff? Yet?
I know its hard to diagnose particular problems no matter how much I explain them, I'm just hoping someone else may have had this same set of circumstances that could lend me some advice. My mechanic hasn't been much help.
Thanks!
-GiX