<VV> Rear end/axle noise
Barneck Doug C TIGTA
Doug.Barneck at tigta.treas.gov
Mon Jul 7 17:18:29 EDT 2008
My sons 65 Corsa vert is making a noise in the back end. It has a 3:55
posi rearend with 4 spd trans. Both have been rebuilt by a very
knowledgable Corvair expert. When he slowly starts out he is getting a
ringing coming from the rear axle shaft/drum. The ringing sounds like a
resonance of the axcle shaft. The u-joints are brand new spicer joints
but could possibly be bad after 50 miles. There is no play in the
u-joints when elevated and turned back and forth. If I stand to the
side, He just has to barely move and I can see the rim actually
ring/slip as it moves forward. It is a repeated sound, not like a one
time bang from a u-joint. More like you had brakes on all the way and
trying to move it and it will turn an inch at a time in jumps. I have
backed off the brakes to verify that they aren't hanging up. I don't
get any play out of the u-joints. I am thinking that it is the posi
plates binding up and not slipping. My son said if moving straight
forward it doesn't do it but just a little to the side and it will make
the noise. It does not seem to happen when moving faster that 2-3 mph.
I don't think I forgot to put in the posi-additive but that was my first
thought.... Any other thoughts, insight or things to look at?
Doug Barneck
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