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Old August 13th 08, 03:48 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang
Spike
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Default Hum after rear-end gear change

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:41:18 GMT, Joe > wrote:

>Spike > wrote in
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>
>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:25:14 GMT, Joe > wrote:
>>
>>>"88 Mustang GT Conv." > wrote in
>>>news:6381e917-e4ac-4135-b856-7c10fa6d7ac4

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>>>
>>>> On Aug 2, 2:30*am, > wrote:
>>>>> While everyone loves to blame the mechanic... obviously the
>>>>> boat-person t
>>>> hat

SNIP
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Marc
>>>
>>>I gotta ask - why the noise in the first place? If he test-drove it,

>he
>>>certainly would've heard what you described (the radio wouldn't even
>>>drown it out). If he didn't test drive it, then that's another story.

>>
>> With mine, the more I drove it the louder and worse it got. Since the
>> addition of the posi lube, it's been over a year with zero "noise".
>> Sounds like the mechanic might, no matter how great a guy he is, have
>> forgotten to add the correct lube, or similar.

>
>My experience has been that if the posi lube isn't added, things are
>still fairly "normal" until you make a turn. Then it's more of a
>chatter than a whine.
>
>I still think the guy might not have adjusted them properly (not enough
>time?), then when he got it back he had to do it right. Guess we'll
>never really know...


"Chatter" might be one way to describe it. Long ago and far away,
there was a toy comprised of a string of squares held together with
cloth bands. When you flipped the top one over, like dominos, the rest
turned over with a CLACK CLKACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK!
Now, that's sorta what it sounded like. You're right, mostly during a
turn with the left turn being far worse than the right, and when
backing. Not what anyone, especially the owner wants to hear!

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