First off let me say hello to everyone here on the forum. I am a new owner to the SS and unfortenatley I have the front Diff carrier bearing hum when applying any throttle. I am looking for any suggestions you might have as to where to get it fixed based off of your personal experience with a shop from here. I thought about taking this task on myself but would still have to take it in to get my gear mesh set correctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Suggestions for front diff rebuild in Columbus GA
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tanker
, Feb 08 2013 08:40 PM
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Posted 08 February 2013 - 08:40 PM
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Posted 09 February 2013 - 02:34 AM
I also have a "whine" when i press the gas, but when i let off and coast it goes away. Is this something that is going to break and tear up other stuff? Maybe something I can fix? Hopefully not a grand to fix...
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Posted 09 February 2013 - 08:09 AM
I have a little whine when I let off the throttle but its not to bad yet. My front diff is doing a groan sound as soon as I apply throttle. I found this issue to be pretty common and usually a carrier bearing on the drivers side. I checked mine by just feeling for slop at the point where the cv joint connects to the diff. Mine has alot of play up down and side to side.
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Yeeeah buddy!
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Posted 12 February 2013 - 02:02 PM
Mines been whining like crazy the last 80 000km. And yes, they're over 1G to get rebuilt.
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Posted 12 February 2013 - 06:02 PM
Well I just got my front diff rebuilt with all new bearings for 750.00. Luckly the shop I took it to recommended I go see this other shop that would do the job right. It only took them 3 hrs and I was back on the road noise free except for alittle gear whine, but I'm not to concerned about it. No more grinding ; )
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 06:12 PM
I have this same problem as you described....idk if anyone else can chime in but is there any more performance parts I can replace these with?
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Yeeeah buddy!
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 08:24 PM
Well I just got my front diff rebuilt with all new bearings for 750.00. Luckly the shop I took it to recommended I go see this other shop that would do the job right. It only took them 3 hrs and I was back on the road noise free except for alittle gear whine, but I'm not to concerned about it. No more grinding ; )
Wow nice deal
I have this same problem as you described....idk if anyone else can chime in but is there any more performance parts I can replace these with?
This was brought up before, there aren't really "performance" parts to replace with. Just good quality carrier bearings.
-2 12" 380watt RMS subs powered by a 600 RMS Sony amp-Custom sub box built by Paulguy -7" inch single din flip screen deck-styleline 2 inch cowl hood-BSER rollpan-Intimidator wing replica-OBX LT's, X-pipe, DI/DO flo pro muffler, 2 glass packs then dumped out the side-Doug's 2.5" E-cutouts -Zippy tuned-160* stat-TR55 plugs-AEM copy aluminum CAI-MSD plug wires and wire covers-L92 heads (dual patriot gold springs, patriot seals locks and comp 7.400" chromemoly pushrods)-L92 intake-LS3 90mm throttle body-torq rush 3.0 X-link-Fast 65lb injectors-224/228 .581 .588 114LSA comp cam-LS2 HD timing chain and gears-transgo HD2 shift kit with TCI billet 2nd and 4th servos-circle D 278mm single disk 3200-Tru-cool long trans cooler
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 09:33 PM
Mine whines also been doing it since I got the truck over 2 yrs ago, but still going strong
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Posted 22 February 2013 - 05:04 AM
Well I just got my front diff rebuilt with all new bearings for 750.00. Luckly the shop I took it to recommended I go see this other shop that would do the job right. It only took them 3 hrs and I was back on the road noise free except for alittle gear whine, but I'm not to concerned about it. No more grinding ; )
You got a great deal, there, Tank. 
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Posted 03 March 2013 - 08:53 PM
Johnny, I can not complain about what it cost me to get the rebuild. I did spend alot of time going to different shops around my area explaining the issue with the bearing needing replaced but turns out majority of the shops new less about the front diff than I did, thats when I would go find another shop. I really lucked out when I had been informed about a local owned shop that could do anything drivetrain related. I went to the shop and the owner knew about exactly what I was explaing. I guess I just had gotten lucky on this one.
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Posted 03 March 2013 - 08:56 PM
Nothing wrong with a little luck. That is a good price. Hopefully you don't have to worry about it again.
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Posted 03 March 2013 - 10:02 PM
Johnny, I can not complain about what it cost me to get the rebuild. I did spend alot of time going to different shops around my area explaining the issue with the bearing needing replaced but turns out majority of the shops new less about the front diff than I did, thats when I would go find another shop. I really lucked out when I had been informed about a local owned shop that could do anything drivetrain related. I went to the shop and the owner knew about exactly what I was explaing. I guess I just had gotten lucky on this one.
A little bit of luck and a fair amount of homework, I think.
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Posted 04 March 2013 - 06:48 PM
Just took mine in 2hrs ago explaind what it was doing ...ie groaning and whine then on let off and he knew exactly what to do said can do it for less than 800....so lets see when I go pick her up.
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Posted 05 March 2013 - 10:59 AM
AdamVRed03,
Keep me posted on your progress. Feel free to reach out if you need additional assistance. Thank you.
Tricia, Chevrolet Customer Service.
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