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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 07:48 PM
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Brand new rotors since my others had a crack in them, I replaced them (havent even driven with them yet).

What do you think? Warped axle shaft? Bearing failure? Everything looks fine but something is obvious amiss...

I switched shafts left to right and was going to see if it changed sides but I ran out of daylight. Any other suggestions?
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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Damn that is not good! Have you looked inside of the differential yet? It seams that the noise is worse on the drivers side. How long ago did this start?
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 07:53 PM
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Noise is actually worse on the passenger side, camera was playing tricks. Its always been like this, but before I had it adjusted so it was more or less a non-issue, but I would like to fix the problem, not just beat around it.

Differential looks great. Wear pattern is spot on and no loose metal or busted bearings that I can see.

I really really doubt the axle shaft is bent, and it is straight as well as I can measure, but is it possible the mounting flanges are bent compared to the shaft?
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 11:07 AM
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https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...d.php?t=442216

Good luck figuring out why it happened.
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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Got it taken care of. It looks like I need to amend my 14b swap thread now. The axle flange needs some tender love and care from a grinder to fully seat the 10b rotors, not a problem once you know to do that.

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