Output Axle Bearing
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Output Axle Bearing
Help!
Can the passenger side output axle bearing be replaced without removing the extension housing? I replaced the hub and drive axles a few months ago. I'm hoping what I'm hearing from the right front is this bearing. Any help much appreciated.
1996 Deville
Thanks,
Vernon
Can the passenger side output axle bearing be replaced without removing the extension housing? I replaced the hub and drive axles a few months ago. I'm hoping what I'm hearing from the right front is this bearing. Any help much appreciated.
1996 Deville
Thanks,
Vernon
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RE: Output Axle Bearing
Full story: I'm not an auto mechanic, but I'm mechanically inclined so I may not fully understand everything you're saying but I I believe in diagrams, books, and asking a millon questions. The noise I'm hearing started about a month ago and has gotten increasingly louder since then. It appears to be coming from the right side. At lower speeds it sounds more like scraping rather than a knocking sound. It seems like one scrape per tire revolution. As I speed up it sounds like a tire with bubble on it. Over the summer I replaced the driver side CV axle and it didn't break loose from the drive output shaft. I ended up pulling the CV axle and output shaft connected together right through the transmission with the snap ring still on it. ( I can't help but think that this may have caused some damage). With the front end raised, motor on,brake pads off...just hubs, in drive...if i hold the passenger side there is no noise. When I hold the driver side the noise is there. I pulled the extension case yesterday and took it today to a local gargage. He said the housing bushing and output shaft thrust bearing are fine. Now I'm lost. Any Ideas? 1996 Cadu DeVille, 4.6L, 4T80E Trans.
Thanks,
Vernon
Thanks,
Vernon
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