my car is at the Ford dealership...

jimmy_beaner · **my car is at the Ford dealership...**

I have been hearing a very faint whine from my rear end. I haven't really been that worried about it. I was planning on getting the lube changed here next week some time. Plans changed today. I was driving to a restaurant after practice for my AA degree graduation, which was tonight... and the whine went from very faint to suddenly not faint at all, and quite ugly. It sounded like grinding metal.. not a chunking sound like gears had broken.. just like dry metal being forced against dry metal. So I go another block and pull over. I shut the car off and just think. I sat there for about 5 minutes, and then decided to take it to the dealership to have it looked at. It was ok for the first block or two, no sounds at all, no whine or anything.... then suddenly, it's back. I went another 4 blocks, max speed of 20-25 mph.... Then I pull in. This was at about noon... they said they could look at it at 2:45... I said ok, left my keys, and came back around 5.... they hadn't looked at it yet... said they will see it first thing in the morning. I'm worried I'm going to get raped by their prices... something like $43 an hour in labor costs they charge. Does my car's rear end just need to be repacked? I really doubt I tore the gears out. Again, it wasn't ''chunky'' for driving, it was still smooth, just ugly ugly sound.

Kiljosh · 05-12-2005, 11:14 PM

Maybe it wasn't even anything to do with your read end gears or anything. I think you blew up an axle bearing or something. I don't know how involved those are to change though.

WhiteStang99 · 05-12-2005, 11:15 PM

Just go ahead, find a table you like, drop the pants, and bend over.

jimmy_beaner · 05-12-2005, 11:18 PM

for the love of God no. But my car rides and coasts smooth still... if it were an axle bearing, wouldn't it be rougher? And why would it get ''better" when the car had a chance to cool? I thought this pointed to rear end, because the rear end gets hot with the friction.. and when lube gets hot, it doesn't lube as well, which means it would 'wear' away again, like what happened when I restarted to go to the dealership

jimmy_beaner · 05-12-2005, 11:32 PM

first thing they wrote down was "tires in really bad condition"... that's all they did. I didn't ask them to check the DAMN TIRES. Just check what I asked. I told them I was buying new tires soon... I think they're going to try to force some tires on me

Tbird232ci · 05-12-2005, 11:38 PM

you wont feel anything from a rear axle bearing

my rear would whine when i would be at constant speed, with light throttle, and it would clunk, so im wondering if its your rear at all

**SpectorV** · 05-12-2005, 11:40 PM

do you have a fluid leak? dont sound like it to just come all the sudden, the parts are cheap for a repair, gears are 180 tlok is also about that price, bearings are aroudn 60 bucks then just got to pay teh 1000 for labor lol. ... if they try to charge you more than like 600 just buy an 8.8 rear and pop her in.

jimmy_beaner · 05-12-2005, 11:41 PM

hmmm, weird you'd say 'light throttle'... the ugly noise would gradually go away if I were coasting, but if I light throttled it, it would come back a bit, and then would go away again if I let it coast. But it wasn't ever "chunky". It never sounded or felt like something had broken, and was being destroyed through the rear end. It only happened when I got to or above 15 miles an hour... anyone have any ideas?

jimmy_beaner · 05-12-2005, 11:43 PM

well, they'll probably tell me "we did the work already... your total is $32,000,422"... yeah, they're bad about doing the work, and just expecting you to pay for it, no matter how much it is. I'd like them to call me if I have to get a new rear end... but I don't think I do. I really hope the plug fell out or something, and the lube was leaking out. Of course, the whine seemed to go down if I filled the tires all the way up. When the one was low, the whine was louder.

**SpectorV** · 05-12-2005, 11:47 PM

does it make noises when you turn while giving it gas, not coasting but while putting power though the rear end while turnning and not going to fast. Instead of paying like 800 bucks to fix the 7.5... just upgrade to an 8.8 for less money is what I ment.

jimmy_beaner · 05-12-2005, 11:50 PM

turning makes no difference. The noise was identical while turning, and while not turning. The only thing that affects the noise is throttle, being that it isn't as loud when coasting, and speed.... it is not gear related in that when the car shifts, the noise doesn't change... meaning not tranny issues. The noise is directly related to speed of tires.

jimmy_beaner · 05-13-2005, 12:09 AM

alright boys (and gals), I'm going to head to bed soon... only got 4 hours last night, and I have to ride into town with my parents, as my car is at the dealership, and will some time need to be picked up.... I think near noon tomorrow.... I hope I have enough cash to cover it. I got $180 on me, and $500 in the bank.... if it's more than that.... screw 'em.

jimmy_beaner · 05-13-2005, 05:56 AM

tttttt

lowflyn · 05-13-2005, 06:36 AM

OK, you got up way too early.

Danger Dude · 05-13-2005, 06:51 AM

So you still have stock gears I believe. when was the last time you lubed the rear end or the axles. I say you should have taken it for a lubing and greasing and then you would not need grease on you butt before they ream you. Never take your car to the dealer unless you hav e a warrant period. But it is now almost to late unless you call them and tell them to hault and go ask them to tell you what exactly they are going to be doing and then I would just leave with your car and take it to a place that will grease your axles and change your rear end lube and not charge you $32,000,422"...

Be good

dark · 05-13-2005, 07:23 AM

have you looked at your rear rotors at all? my brake pistons had vacuum locked in full closed position and it ground the pads down to nothing, then it started grinding the pins against the rotors. i remember the sound started off faint at first, then when the pads wore through it got a lot worse

there's my advice, check your brakes

jimmy_beaner · 05-13-2005, 07:51 AM

it doesn't sound like that kind of whinning. Just instinctively, it sounded like gear whine. I'm wondering if I popped a plug out when I went in the ditch this winter. The whinning started like 3 or 4 weeks after that I think. To Corey, I haven't lubed it up yet. I've had the car about a year and a half, and am just starting to realize the importance of regular maintenance. Up until now, about the only thing I've done is clean air filter and change oil. I do a good job of both of those. And as of now, I don't really have a choice, because I"m not 100% sure what's wrong with it, and I don't want to drive it making those noises.. across town to hopefully find a place that will do it. They charge $43 an hour labor, and if it's nothing major, they should be done in an hour to an hour and a half. I'm just hoping it's under $200. Relubing everything should be under $200 for sure... I hope

jimmy_beaner · 05-13-2005, 09:45 AM

I really don't want to have to buy a new rear end

.... been looking at prices, and I don't want to be out a car for as long as it'll take me to get $600 extra. 1.5 weeks... which sucks

jimmy_beaner · **Update**

I just called them. Thay saaaid the car would be looked at at 2:45 yesterday... at 5 pm yesterday, 30 minutes from close, I checked, and they said 7:30-8:00 am the next day, which is today. So I just called them, and it's 10:20... and they said "your car is on the rack right now, our technician is looking at it to determine where the problem in the rear end is".... to me, this says one of two things. either the car has been on the rack since 8 am... since was "the first car to go on the rack in the morning" (bull shit)... and they've charged me for 2.5 hours of estimate time... or they just got it up there. Also, we must consider the fact the technician is an impotent dumbass sitting there going "what in the hell is that?".... "let me get the book". They said they would call me back with an estimate... and I can assure you, I will probably crap myself when they give it to me.