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posted by  lelshaddai on  Tue Nov 28 11:11 CST 2017
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I have a 62 544, mainly stock, has B20, 4 spd and original rear end. Last year I needed to replace the outer and inner rear end bearings. It had a slight whine and leaked out the axle. Ever since the rear whines even more. Starts whining at about 30mph. Very loud on acceleration, stops on de-acceleration. I have pics of the guts of it but hard to post here. Looking for advice, adjustments or parts to fix this. I like to drive it but it is very noisy.
Jim








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    posted by  planetman on  Tue Nov 28 14:52 CST 2017
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    Were the carrier and pinion bearings changed or just the axle bearings?
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    Hi Performance Automotive Service (formerly OVO or Old Volvos Only)
    Torrance, CA 90502








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      posted by  lelshaddai on  Tue Nov 28 22:47 CST 2017
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      I changed the two outside axle bearings and the two inside axle bearings by carrier.








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        posted by  planetman on  Wed Nov 29 00:47 CST 2017
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        Any chance you changed the set up by misplacing shims under the carrier bearings?

        Did you check the pattern on the ring gear after you changed the carrier bearings?
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        Hi Performance Automotive Service (formerly OVO or Old Volvos Only)
        Torrance, CA 90502
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          posted by  lelshaddai on  Wed Nov 29 07:59 CST 2017
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          It has been a while, (about a year) since I changed them out. I know I had to change how the shims where set up on the outside of the axle shafts. The manual speaks of no shims on driver side but I had to shim a little to allow the bearing on the passenger side to engage enough to stay in. I did put the shims back in on the carrier. I may not have made sure the teeth where engaging the pinion teeth in the same place. This was the first time for me to try and repair this. I know the cylinder in the center with the hole in it that keeps the space is cracked.








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            posted by  Chris Mullet on  Wed Nov 29 12:06 CST 2017
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            When all was said and done, did you have a tiny bit of end play in each axle?

            One time I set one up without adequate end play and so the axles were pressed against the center spacer too tight. That made for a noisy diff. Then the first time one wheel spun at a higher speed than the other wheel, the inner ends of the axles welded themselves to the spacer. The spacer had to be cut in half with a torch in order to pull the axles out.
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