8.25 w/ powertrax no-slip started making noise???

bkxj · 10-20-2004, 04:58 PM

I just set this axle up about 6 months ago. I get a griding noise when im making right turns. It only happens when im turning right, and if im NOT on the gas or brake....so only when coasting around a right turn. The fluid is full, althoughi have not taken the cover back off yet...im using synthentic fluid...thoughts anyone?

RuggedJeep · 10-20-2004, 05:07 PM

did it just start to make the noise?

I thought a little noise was normal [img]graemlins/iono.gif[/img]

bbaCJ8 · 10-20-2004, 05:09 PM

How bad of a noise is it? The teeth will brush against each other as it slips, so some noise is normal. I hardly notice any noise from mine, but my Jeep is also louder than most. Be a little more specific about the kind of noise it's making and we might be more helpful

bkxj · 10-20-2004, 05:11 PM

yep just a couple weeks ago...sounds like a wheel bearing kinda noise, but it also sounds like its coming from the right rear...on a right turn it makes no sense to me...plus the fact that it goes away when i touch the gas or brake

bkxj · 10-20-2004, 07:05 PM

its defenitly sounds like an evil noise to me...im used to the clicks and pops and regular noises...but the circumstances that i have to have to make this noise just bother me

bbaCJ8 · 10-20-2004, 07:17 PM

Well my 8.25 was making a whining noise under power for a while before I got it rebuilt and regeared. Turned out I had spun a carrier bearing pretty bad. That doesn't sound much of anything like yours though. Pull the diff cover and check out all the teeth and stuff on the locker, and if that's not it I'd start lookin into replacing bearings and stuff. Outer axleshaft bearing maybe?

bkxj · 10-20-2004, 07:27 PM

axle is 6 mos old...i cant even begin to believe that bearings are shot already...i completely rebuilt it all the way to new brake drums and the locker went in at time of install

bbaCJ8 · 10-20-2004, 07:35 PM

Then check out the locker and make sure everything else is all lined up. Yer not gonna find anything unless you get in there and look. All it'll cost you is some RTV and gear lube

bkxj · 10-20-2004, 08:41 PM

i cant see anything obvious...no metal shavings...all springs intact..everything lines up...any thoughts?

10-20-2004, 04:58 PM	#1
bkxj Trail Guide Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 295	I just set this axle up about 6 months ago. I get a griding noise when im making right turns. It only happens when im turning right, and if im NOT on the gas or brake....so only when coasting around a right turn. The fluid is full, althoughi have not taken the cover back off yet...im using synthentic fluid...thoughts anyone? __________________ dammit....where the hell is that noise coming from?!<br /><br />'88 XJ with lots of lights on the roof!<br /> <a href="http://members.cardomain.com/bkkxj" target="_blank">http://members.cardomain.com/bkkxj</a>

10-20-2004, 05:07 PM	#2
RuggedJeep Smooth like dat Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: 110M from the Hammers Posts: 13,042	did it just start to make the noise? I thought a little noise was normal [img]graemlins/iono.gif[/img] __________________ www.RuggedJeep.com http://www.facebook.com/SaveTheHammers 97XJ-ARB/Detroit-truhi9-Caged-36"IROKS 08 Silverado DD 05 Sportsmobile Tow Rig

10-20-2004, 05:09 PM	#3
bbaCJ8 old and boring Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: MI Posts: 29,897	How bad of a noise is it? The teeth will brush against each other as it slips, so some noise is normal. I hardly notice any noise from mine, but my Jeep is also louder than most. Be a little more specific about the kind of noise it's making and we might be more helpful __________________ Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to own cars.

10-20-2004, 05:11 PM	#4
bkxj Trail Guide Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 295	yep just a couple weeks ago...sounds like a wheel bearing kinda noise, but it also sounds like its coming from the right rear...on a right turn it makes no sense to me...plus the fact that it goes away when i touch the gas or brake __________________ dammit....where the hell is that noise coming from?!<br /><br />'88 XJ with lots of lights on the roof!<br /> <a href="http://members.cardomain.com/bkkxj" target="_blank">http://members.cardomain.com/bkkxj</a>

10-20-2004, 07:05 PM	#5
bkxj Trail Guide Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 295	its defenitly sounds like an evil noise to me...im used to the clicks and pops and regular noises...but the circumstances that i have to have to make this noise just bother me __________________ dammit....where the hell is that noise coming from?!<br /><br />'88 XJ with lots of lights on the roof!<br /> <a href="http://members.cardomain.com/bkkxj" target="_blank">http://members.cardomain.com/bkkxj</a>

10-20-2004, 07:17 PM	#6
bbaCJ8 old and boring Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: MI Posts: 29,897	Well my 8.25 was making a whining noise under power for a while before I got it rebuilt and regeared. Turned out I had spun a carrier bearing pretty bad. That doesn't sound much of anything like yours though. Pull the diff cover and check out all the teeth and stuff on the locker, and if that's not it I'd start lookin into replacing bearings and stuff. Outer axleshaft bearing maybe? __________________ Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to own cars.

10-20-2004, 07:27 PM	#7
bkxj Trail Guide Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 295	axle is 6 mos old...i cant even begin to believe that bearings are shot already...i completely rebuilt it all the way to new brake drums and the locker went in at time of install __________________ dammit....where the hell is that noise coming from?!<br /><br />'88 XJ with lots of lights on the roof!<br /> <a href="http://members.cardomain.com/bkkxj" target="_blank">http://members.cardomain.com/bkkxj</a>

10-20-2004, 07:35 PM	#8
bbaCJ8 old and boring Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: MI Posts: 29,897	Then check out the locker and make sure everything else is all lined up. Yer not gonna find anything unless you get in there and look. All it'll cost you is some RTV and gear lube __________________ Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to own cars.

10-20-2004, 08:41 PM	#9
bkxj Trail Guide Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 295	i cant see anything obvious...no metal shavings...all springs intact..everything lines up...any thoughts? __________________ dammit....where the hell is that noise coming from?!<br /><br />'88 XJ with lots of lights on the roof!<br /> <a href="http://members.cardomain.com/bkkxj" target="_blank">http://members.cardomain.com/bkkxj</a>