1995 Tahoe 6.5 diesel rear end problems In & out play on the passenger side. When rot
1995 2 door Tahoe 6.5 diesel
There is about 1/8" In & out play on the rear axle on the passenger side.
When rotating the axle about 1/4 turn at a time the axle will lock up. If you back it off it will go back to spinning free.
The pinion seems good, with no play.
I won't have time to take the cover off til next week or until it warms up some.
Any guesses as to what I will be looking at? Best case scenario?
We just recently had the cover off and changed the oil. There were no chips or shiny stuff in the oil we drained. We never noticed any problems with the axle when we put rear brakes on a couple weeks or so ago.
Immediately after that the Tahoe was driven to town and back with the emergency brake on. I don't know that this had anything to do with anything.
Are the rear ends for 2 door Tahoes specific to 2 door Tahoes? Or could the rear end out of a 4 door Tahoe or some other truck or Suburban be used?
What are my options there?
The same with the front differential? Which vehicles could I use a front differential out of?
I was thinking of switching from my 3.73 gears to 3.42 gears. Just swapping complete rear end and front differential.
Does anybody have any good links to working on this rear end?
1995 2 door Tahoe 6.5 diesel
There is about 1/8" In & out play on the rear axle on the passenger side.
When rotating the axle about 1/4 turn at a time the axle will lock up. If you back it off it will go back to spinning free.
The pinion seems good, with no play.
I won't have time to take the cover off til next week or until it warms up some.
Any guesses as to what I will be looking at? Best case scenario?
We just recently had the cover off and changed the oil. There were no chips or shiny stuff in the oil we drained. We never noticed any problems with the axle when we put rear brakes on a couple weeks or so ago.
Immediately after that the Tahoe was driven to town and back with the emergency brake on. I don't know that this had anything to do with anything.
Are the rear ends for 2 door Tahoes specific to 2 door Tahoes? Or could the rear end out of a 4 door Tahoe or some other truck or Suburban be used?
What are my options there?
The same with the front differential? Which vehicles could I use a front differential out of?
I was thinking of switching from my 3.73 gears to 3.42 gears. Just swapping complete rear end and front differential.
Does anybody have any good links to working on this rear end?