It's possible the noise you hear is from the differential gears. When you have
the car off the ground like you stated, often one wheel will spin much faster
than the other and the differential gears will be rotating like mad. They can
be
noisy in situations like this. Might be a sign of poor tooth alignment in them
due to worn thrust washers.
Have you tried a 3/8" drive extension to get out the drain or fill plug? Works
most of the time.
Paul A
James Gruber wrote:
> Had Bugsy up on jack stands all around today replacing
> speedo cable. Got that problem solved finally so I
> know approximately how fast Bugsy is actually going
> but now all of a sudden I can hear an absolutely
> howling/whining/ screaming / rubbing noise coming from
> the area of the right rear wheel. Noise is really
> apparent with wheels off of the ground. I had heard
> noise before but I attributed it to a really
> noisy/bent speedo cable.
>
> In the process of replacing rear brakes in the I did
> have both half shafts out of the rear end but they
> went back in without a problem. I've never topped off
> the fluid in the rear end but both paper seals were
> saoked along with rear brake with fluid. Made the
> assumption that there was fluid in there as I can't
> seem to come up with the right sized tool to remove
> the plug in the rear end.
>
> Any ideas on where to go at this point? Or just put
> the car on the ground and drive it. Noise I'm hearing
> is from the thingy in the rear end that switches from
> driving one wheel or the other perhaps and will go
> away when I put car back down on the ground. Not
> likely but perhaps the truth. Any ideas are
> appreciated.
>
> =====
> Jim Gruber
> Bugsy '68 Sprite (future Bugeye in disguise)
> Dayton, OH
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