Originally Posted by
White Elephant
Okay, so I spent the best part of my Saturday morning with the bus up on the hoist. I dropped the tail shaft off to make sure the uni joint and drive pinion didn't have any play in it, and also to make sure the drive pinion flange seal wasn't leaking(you can do this from inspection only-no need to pull the tail shaft off),as well as making sure the flange itself was done up to FT(I assume some of you understand FT) torque. Check. All is well.
I then ran her in 3rd gear with the rear end lifted(with wheels on)for about 15 minutes to see if I could replicate the noise. However, the noise didn't return. So I took the wheels, rotors and calipers off, deglazed the rotors, and brake pads, cleaned everything up, and on a whim decided to run her in 3rd for a bit with the wheels off before I put it all back together.(At this point I should let you know that the hub seals etc showed no signs of leaking either,usually there would be a build up of cr@p inside the rotors and obvious signs of leaking around the hub)And bam, the noise came back. So after putting the stethoscope all over the place to try and pinpoint the noise, I have come to the conclusion(with agreeance from my mechanic) that it is possible that the actual bearing housing may be worn, and the race is skidding around inside the housing. As posted earlier I have replaced the bearings twice just to be sure it wasn't the bearings.
So, I got jack of it, cos I felt like a beer and watching some footy, so I put everything back together and will further investigate the problem in the next week or so. Will pull the axle out(again)and see if the diagnosis is correct. Will keep you posted! Cheers to Roofy and Patch for the tips, but it is definately something going on in the bearing housing.
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