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Originally Posted by randy500
What other work was done at the same time?
Driveshaft?
axle shafts?
5 lug conversion?
Anything?
How about this...remove the axle shafts, spin it up without them
Remove the carrier and spin it up again
Try to isolate the noise to the ring and pinion or bearings
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We did replace the axle seals/bearings the first go around and one axle was pretty worn so we replaced that between the 2 times where it squealed (squealed before and after replacing the axle). I think they are already blowing it apart again and I don't have a warm fuzzy feeling about backing off the preload to 12-15 in lbs. The 1971 GM manual says it needs to be 20-25 and I have heard that it will end up in the 12-15ish range after break in.