8.8 rear end questions

RB > wrote in
:

> elaich wrote:
>> RB > wrote in -
>> september.org:
>>
>>> Not neccessarily. Sideloads can make things shift, or increase the
>>> load on that outer bearing.
>>
>> Even on a C-clip axle where the axle slides in and out of the
>> bearing?
>
> Sure. when you turn a corner, part of the side loads are vectored into
> a radial load through the bearing to the axle housing.
>

Well, it would have to be both of them failing at the same time, which I
find unlikely. The grinding is always pretty well centered, where if it
were outer bearings, it would be to one side or the other. I suppose it's
work a look, but I won't until I find out if the lube change did it. The
car is currently unregistered, so I can't drive it far enough to find out
just now.