bronzebeard9

nothing caught in the tire unfortunately... it does have a slight knock when shifted into gear, thats what prompted me to start looking into it in the first place. i checked the pinion first as i know a "clunk" is a tell tale sign. i raised the rear end and fiddled with it a bit, all and all play isn't too bad, i meant to change it out last weekend while while i was changing the gear lube but the parts store (lets just call them shmrucks as to not demonize the actual company) told me they had the part...in stock!! latter that week, not only do they not have the parts on hand, their warehouse is out of the outer bearing....napa on the other hand had the parts but they were almost a week out and nearly 1-1/2x the price, needles to say im waiting for the other guys to get the parts in....

So i recently changed the fluid in my rear end (85-145 full synthetic) i checked around and was told that 4oz. of friction modifier was the proper amount to add to my rear dif. and i did so, problem is i am now getting a lot of wobble out of the rear end (this started about 3-4 days after changing fluid) and honestly feels like something is a little loose, the only other thing i could think of is the pinion bearings, and honestly they aren't that sloppy....any ideas, did i use too much modifier?all wheel lugs are torqued, tolerances were tight in the dif. when i had it apart last week (minus the slight play in the pinion but it was like that and didn't cause a wobble prior to this) drum brakes are good, wheel bearings are good, no play in 'em.....:shrug:thanks guys, Matt.