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Old May 21, 2004 | 10:54 PM
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Unhappy HELP!!! Whining Noise from Rear of the Car

Well, I just went for a drive and I took her on the highway, and took it up to 120. Then I noticed the whining noise coming from rear of the car. I got off the next exit, pulled in a parking lot, and looked under the car. It didn't look like there were any leaks and that's the only thing that I could tell. On the drive back, the car was making whining noise through the whole drive. It seemed to get louder and more high pitched slightly as the speed increased. There were some whining noise before when I am off the throttle on the highway, but it wasn't loud or anything so I didn't think much of it. My guess is the diff... but what could be wrong with it? I have Kaaz 1.5way LSD on my car btw. But I don't see why that would cause all those noise suddenly... I'm really lost here. I'm probably gonna take her to RX-7 Store next week to get it checked out. Is it ok to drive it or should I get her towed? Help me out here ppl... Thanks in advance.
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Old May 21, 2004 | 10:58 PM
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call rx-7 store....

how many miles are on it?

did you do the figure 8 thing when you first put it in to set it?

pull the diff plug and add fluif till it runs out the hole just to make sure that its full
could be universal joints too
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Old May 21, 2004 | 11:00 PM
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Diff was put in about 3k miles ago... could it be coz of lack of fluid that it's making noise?
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Old May 21, 2004 | 11:03 PM
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that'll do it..... But remeber to put the same fluid in it that was put in when it was changed in case the used redline or something like that.
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Old May 21, 2004 | 11:06 PM
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Thanks a lot... I'll try refilling it. Anymore ideas?
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Old May 22, 2004 | 02:06 AM
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could be a bad wheel bearing.
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Old May 22, 2004 | 10:11 AM
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yah I'd say it sounds more like a bad wheel bearing too.
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Old May 22, 2004 | 04:51 PM
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If it's wheel bearing, how much would it cost to replace it?
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Old May 22, 2004 | 07:53 PM
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Bout 50-65 bucks for just the part
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