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Originally Posted by buccaneerbandit
That's funny I just had it up on stands to check yesterday. Fairly confident its the pinion after my research and every ones responses. Just made a call to have it rebuilt.
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Again, my experience is on the open diff but I found a bearing shop that specialized in diffs and had them rebuild mine. I pulled the third member and took it to the shop and provided all the new bearings/seals/crush sleeve,etc purchased from Camelback. I then reinstalled the rebuilt third member. Paying to have someone with experience set up the diff with correct backlash and pre-load on the pinion bearing is money well spent.
Interestingly, the side bearings looked/felt pretty good and only slight spalling on the pinion bearing which could be felt just a little bit when rotating - but it really made a noticeable whine. Over 220,000 miles, I suspect the diff fluid level had gotten a little low in the past and the nose of the diff housing angles up - the pinion bearing would likely be affected first.
Buckaroo