61SkylarkAD
Newbie
Purchased this 61 Buick Skylark with what appears to be less than 50,000 actual mileage. Had a clunking in the rear end. Replaced u joints due to clunking then noticed that the housing itself was very hot so thinking it was pinion bearing, had the rear end opened up with the the thought of replacing pinion and carrier bearings. Upon opening up the read end, found the oil to be very thick and crusted to the interior differential housing.
Cleaned that mess up, had bearings replaced and now have quite a bit of howling after reassembly and using clean fluid. also rebuilt the drive shaft cv join and had it balanced.
thinking that the previous owner probably used sawdust or something to quiet the rear end down in order to sell it. Probably requires complete rebuild but not sure of parts. Does anyone have a source to recommend for rebuilding or finding a replacement? Car is in great shape otherwise.
Cleaned that mess up, had bearings replaced and now have quite a bit of howling after reassembly and using clean fluid. also rebuilt the drive shaft cv join and had it balanced.
thinking that the previous owner probably used sawdust or something to quiet the rear end down in order to sell it. Probably requires complete rebuild but not sure of parts. Does anyone have a source to recommend for rebuilding or finding a replacement? Car is in great shape otherwise.
