Re: [Amc-list] Droning sound in 66 American

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A true gear whine with no bearing issues is a sign of misalignment.
  The things will run forever with no failure, unless they are really far out of alignment then the metal will eventually knife edge from wear and fracture. That will take a long time to occur!
   The thing to remember is that this is not a repairable condition unless the ring and pinion is replaced. Once they wear in wrong they will never be quiet.
    The other thing to remember is that usually only your sanity will suffer!
The noise can drive you crazy over time.
--
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- RetroRalph <retroralph@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> I haven't seen anyone suggest this was differential noise yet... I used to 
> get a howling rear end once in a while.  The last one was in my 71 Ford LTD 
> and I always figured it was in the ring gear or pinion.
> 
> It seems to be when I got to highway speed and traveling when no under a 
> hard pull.  I never changed it or tried to adjust or anything, just made 
> sure it had plenty of lube.  It stayed together for me.  I just figured it 
> was slightly our of adjustment or something.  It seemed to have a little 
> slack in it.  But that's where I figured my noise came from.
> 
> Seems like I had similar noise in a couple earlier Ford, also.  one was '59 
> 1/2 ton PU and other was '54 Ford 2 door. All had quite a few miles on them.
> 
> Just an idea, maybe...
> ______________________________________________________________
> Ralph Ausmann  -  Hillsboro, OR - > <ralph.ausmann@xxxxxxxxx>
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> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jay" <jciampi@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Droning sound in 66 American
> >I had the u-joints replaced and that didn't fix it. I did turn the
> > driveshaft 180 degrees and bolt it back on. No real help, it changed the
> > speed at which the drone started. it moved up the speed .
> > Jay
> 
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