After changing the differential fluid yesterday....
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After changing the differential fluid yesterday....
I drove the car a little bit today... (15 miles).. Unfortunately - I still get some vibration at sharp turns... :( :(
I will drive the car to work tomorrow as a extended test drive.. I hope that it will get better.. otherwise - I will have to get the rear end replaced or rebuilt..
:cheers:
Olivier
I will drive the car to work tomorrow as a extended test drive.. I hope that it will get better.. otherwise - I will have to get the rear end replaced or rebuilt..
:cheers:
Olivier
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (GrandSportC3)
Olivier
Did you do some figure 8's in a parking lot after changing the fluid and adding the posi additive?
That helps.
[Modified by 69er, 8:58 PM 1/7/2003]
Did you do some figure 8's in a parking lot after changing the fluid and adding the posi additive?
That helps.
[Modified by 69er, 8:58 PM 1/7/2003]
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (69er)
Olivier
Did you do some figure 8's in a parking lot after changing the fluid and adding the posi additive?
That helps.
Did you do some figure 8's in a parking lot after changing the fluid and adding the posi additive?
That helps.
:cheers:
Olivier
[Modified by GrandSportC3, 9:10 PM 1/7/2003]
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (GrandSportC3)
Olivier
Did you do some figure 8's in a parking lot after changing the fluid and adding the posi additive?
That helps.
I cannot do this around town.. There are no empty parking lots in Miami Beach.. and my 68 would trigger all car alarms.... Therefore - I would have to drive out of town in order to do 8's....
:cheers:
Olivier
[Modified by GrandSportC3, 9:10 PM 1/7/2003]
Did you do some figure 8's in a parking lot after changing the fluid and adding the posi additive?
That helps.
I cannot do this around town.. There are no empty parking lots in Miami Beach.. and my 68 would trigger all car alarms.... Therefore - I would have to drive out of town in order to do 8's....
:cheers:
Olivier
[Modified by GrandSportC3, 9:10 PM 1/7/2003]
Hopefully that;s your problem. :cheers:
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (GrandSportC3)
When I did mine, I took the car out and started making hard lefts and rights, as I could not do the figure eights either. Weaving through parking lot lanes may do the trick too.
I dunno, vibration sounds a bit more serious to me than posi fluid, though.
-Steve
I dunno, vibration sounds a bit more serious to me than posi fluid, though.
-Steve
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (Pacin'California)
When I did mine, I took the car out and started making hard lefts and rights, as I could not do the figure eights either. Weaving through parking lot lanes may do the trick too.
I dunno, vibration sounds a bit more serious to me than posi fluid, though.
-Steve
I dunno, vibration sounds a bit more serious to me than posi fluid, though.
-Steve
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (69er)
Olivier
Did you do some figure 8's in a parking lot after changing the fluid and adding the posi additive?
That helps.
I cannot do this around town.. There are no empty parking lots in Miami Beach.. and my 68 would trigger all car alarms.... Therefore - I would have to drive out of town in order to do 8's....
:cheers:
Olivier
[Modified by GrandSportC3, 9:10 PM 1/7/2003]
Figure 8's help get the lubing in the posi clutches.
Hopefully that;s your problem. :cheers:
Did you do some figure 8's in a parking lot after changing the fluid and adding the posi additive?
That helps.
I cannot do this around town.. There are no empty parking lots in Miami Beach.. and my 68 would trigger all car alarms.... Therefore - I would have to drive out of town in order to do 8's....
:cheers:
Olivier
[Modified by GrandSportC3, 9:10 PM 1/7/2003]
Figure 8's help get the lubing in the posi clutches.
Hopefully that;s your problem. :cheers:
:cheers:
Olivier
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (69er)
If you cant make it to the Orange Bowl parking lot... :lol:
do you have any quiet residential neighborhoods? I also suffer from a lack of empty parking lots, but I will just go to a quiet intersection and do some counterclockwise loops, then turn around and do some clockwise loops.... same effect! :) MJ
do you have any quiet residential neighborhoods? I also suffer from a lack of empty parking lots, but I will just go to a quiet intersection and do some counterclockwise loops, then turn around and do some clockwise loops.... same effect! :) MJ
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (Pacin'California)
When I did mine, I took the car out and started making hard lefts and rights, as I could not do the figure eights either. Weaving through parking lot lanes may do the trick too.
I dunno, vibration sounds a bit more serious to me than posi fluid, though.
-Steve
I dunno, vibration sounds a bit more serious to me than posi fluid, though.
-Steve
:cheers:
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (GrandSportC3)
Unfortunately - I still get some vibration at sharp turns
Trade ya THAT for that darn clicking sound I get when I go into reverse! :hat
Trade ya THAT for that darn clicking sound I get when I go into reverse! :hat
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (SanDiegoPaul)
Unfortunately - I still get some vibration at sharp turns
Trade ya THAT for that darn clicking sound I get when I go into reverse! :hat
Trade ya THAT for that darn clicking sound I get when I go into reverse! :hat
If it won't be gone by the weekend - I will have to have my rear end rebuilt... Will see...
:cheers:
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (GrandSportC3)
Last time I did that, I was in search of a parking lot to heat cycle my track tires. Well I did it at the mall and got stopped by the police. Made me get out of the car, searched me, asked me if I was on drugs!!!
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (GrandSportC3)
Did you ultimately put some posi lube in there Olivier? If not, try it! $6.99 is a lot cheaper than rebuilding...
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (Chris@VetteFinders)
Well I did it at the mall and got stopped by the police. Made me get out of the car, searched me, asked me if I was on drugs!!!
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (page62)
oliver,
about four years ago i started hearing this rubbing noise in drive thrus at first. i thought it was a caliper sticking so i change all of them with ss calipers and line. darn sound was still there. i then change the rear end fluid with the gm posi stuff and i did the 8's for about ten minutes and then several 360's. after that the noise was much less and after about a week it was gone.
the car now stops on a dime and will do 360's without the front left or right tire moving at all. :smash:
good luck,
mike
about four years ago i started hearing this rubbing noise in drive thrus at first. i thought it was a caliper sticking so i change all of them with ss calipers and line. darn sound was still there. i then change the rear end fluid with the gm posi stuff and i did the 8's for about ten minutes and then several 360's. after that the noise was much less and after about a week it was gone.
the car now stops on a dime and will do 360's without the front left or right tire moving at all. :smash:
good luck,
mike
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (Chris@VetteFinders)
Last time I did that, I was in search of a parking lot to heat cycle my track tires. Well I did it at the mall and got stopped by the police. Made me get out of the car, searched me, asked me if I was on drugs!!!
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (page62)
Did you ultimately put some posi lube in there Olivier? If not, try it! $6.99 is a lot cheaper than rebuilding...
:cheers:
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (Twin_Turbo)
Put in the addituve, it'll let the clutches slip some and the rattling and clunking may very well go away after a few miles.
Marck
Marck
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Re: After changing the differential fluid yesterday.... (GrandSportC3)
Ecklers and others.
GM Dealer parts dept
Auto part stores carry a different brand posi fluid.
Some say it's the same as GM....some say it's different.
Unless you used synthetic fluid you need the posi additive.
[Modified by 69er, 10:08 AM 1/8/2003]
GM Dealer parts dept
Auto part stores carry a different brand posi fluid.
Some say it's the same as GM....some say it's different.
Unless you used synthetic fluid you need the posi additive.
[Modified by 69er, 10:08 AM 1/8/2003]