Hi guys,

sorry if this is old news, but at 13,000km my ute has a constant bearing rumble that doesn't change with throttle position or vehicle direction ( as well as the standard gear whine at 105kph ). I'm thinking it must be the diff carrier bearings. Has anyone else had this problem, or am I just lucky!

Cheers, Steve.

Already had diff done under warranty, it got so bad in the end the oil was running out onto the ground.

Hit em hard, they've got no comeback, and get a loaner for nix too!!!

Already had diff done under warranty, it got so bad in the end the oil was running out onto the ground.

Hit em hard, they've got no comeback, and get a loaner for nix too!!!

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Seems to be very common, I took it to the dealer, the foreman took it for a drive and didn't even get out of the carpark before saying " that's f%$#@d". Theyv'e ordered a new one for me, but it won't be here for about 3 weeks. Thanks for the advice about the loaner, I wasn't sure weather they would give me one.

Cheers, Steve.

we had our diff start whineing (excuse the pun) at around 40k, we were in qld at the time too...

only really did it when turning though, or extremely low km's, new diff under warranty and that solves that problem... solved our driveline shunt also

we had our diff start whineing (excuse the pun) at around 40k, we were in qld at the time too...

only really did it when turning though, or extremely low km's, new diff under warranty and that solves that problem... solved our driveline shunt also

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Sounds like Ford are well aware of the varied diff problems and willing to do something about it. Is it only the manuals that experience driveline shunt? I'm assuming shunt is caused by excessive backlash.

Cheers, Steve.

yea our xr8 is a 5spd, and yea, we experienced backlash/driveline shunt from when we picked it up... but when the diff went in, was awsome....

but now I think we have got some wear in the joints again, starting to hear a noise just behind the gearbox :(