lem6

whirring noise,sounds like it's from back but who knows,constant whether in gear or not clutch in or out gets louder as speed increases,been and had all wheel bearings checked,what could it be cos it's driving me insane!!!!!!!????
any suggestions welcome, but i'm told my diff is fine.?

lem6

could it be a gearbox main bearing or something??

girl-in-a-scoob

where you based?

lem6

between rotherham and doncaster

lem6

lem6

girl-in-a-scoob

Give Rick a ring Lee

The rookie

iTrader: (1)

Sounds like the old classic rear diff whine.....anywhere over about 30mph, worse with little or no load (overun and steady cruise), tends to get quieter under load?

Simon

lem6

yeah above 30 ish regardless of wether in gear or coasting..might try changing diff oil.?

The rookie

iTrader: (1)

You could but it has a low success rate as I understand it, it can be fixed apparently (no not had it myself) by resetting the bearing preload and diff backlash, the rear R160's aren't very robust and tend to loose both to well outside normal tolerance by the time they get to high mileage (like some as early as 10k miles!).

Most competent transmission shop should be able to do the backlash and preload in about 2 hours....I know a good guy based in Gillingham who can do it as a sideline, used to work at a certain motorsport prep place in Banbury.

Simon

lem6

off to scoobyclinc thursday, will ask them if this could be a cause,man you know you're stuff i was lost at bearing!!any idea if it's expensive m8?ps where did ya work?