fyton2v
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Spent the weekend chasing rattles and squeaks. Since I've gotten my 40 back on the road I've developed a new noise. I thought I had an intermittently squeaking fan belt, but I think the noise is coming from my transfer case, or possibly the rear diff. It only squeaks when rolling (squeak squeak squeak) and its sync'd with wheel speed. When it's making the noise the truck doesn't care about RPMs or if I'm in neutral. I've raised it up, spun the wheels, and they were smooth and quiet (no load, however).
I haven't tried running the truck in gear while on some stands (to see if having the transmission drive the wheels will make a difference). I'll try that tomorrow, but after some Mud searching I saw a clue that it might be a bearing in the transfer case. Pretty sure it's not a squirrel. The truck has 134K miles and it's unlikely that it's seen a rebuild. I also get that annoying 2WD/4WD shifter vibration at certain RPMs. Oh, and it has the usual oil leaks around the seals and in between transmission and transfer case. The leaks aren't bad. Anyhow, I have a couple of questions:
1. Am I on the right track?
2. If I try and tackle the rebuild, what else should I do at the same time? The tranny synchronizers are worn, too as it does some light grinding from time to time. It's manageable, but it's a thing and it's not fixing itself. It's a dumb thought but I'm not sure if I'll regret just doing the transfer case because the whole thing has to come apart to tackle the transmission at a later date. If it matters, I feel like I could tackle the transfer case work. I'm not sure knowledge is where it needs to be for the transmission work.
Thx all.
I haven't tried running the truck in gear while on some stands (to see if having the transmission drive the wheels will make a difference). I'll try that tomorrow, but after some Mud searching I saw a clue that it might be a bearing in the transfer case. Pretty sure it's not a squirrel. The truck has 134K miles and it's unlikely that it's seen a rebuild. I also get that annoying 2WD/4WD shifter vibration at certain RPMs. Oh, and it has the usual oil leaks around the seals and in between transmission and transfer case. The leaks aren't bad. Anyhow, I have a couple of questions:
1. Am I on the right track?
2. If I try and tackle the rebuild, what else should I do at the same time? The tranny synchronizers are worn, too as it does some light grinding from time to time. It's manageable, but it's a thing and it's not fixing itself. It's a dumb thought but I'm not sure if I'll regret just doing the transfer case because the whole thing has to come apart to tackle the transmission at a later date. If it matters, I feel like I could tackle the transfer case work. I'm not sure knowledge is where it needs to be for the transmission work.
Thx all.
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