IronmanKen Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I have a 2003 AWD with 35K on it. I'm getting a weird noise in the front of my SSS. Its only when I turn the steering wheel while moving. I know it’s not the brakes but sounds like a internal low noise, like the CV joint has no grease in it, but last time I change the oil. I when over the truck and added a few pumps to all the grease fittings. The only thing I could of done is missed one on each size that I didn’t see. Help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wody Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 (edited) you should have 1k left on the warranty. take it down to the dealer before its too late. what kind of noise? clunk? Edited January 3, 2007 by wody (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronmanKen Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 it's not a clunk, its more of a low squealing noise from behide the front tires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron's SS Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I agree, get it to the dealer if you still have warranty. Sounds to me like this could be a wheel bearing going (I had my right, front replaced at 52,000) or the dreaded front differential noise. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronmanKen Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 OK guys thanks for the help, ill tryin an get it to the dealer before the warranty is up, and when i do ill let u guys kno what exactly it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perk03z06 Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Def. sounds like diff. bearing(s). Mine started groaning @ about 40K and I drove it that way until last week ... truck now has about 61K on it. Diff. bearings aren't a cheap job (Mine right now is close to $1,000) ... get it done under warranty while you can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSThunder Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Def. sounds like diff. bearing(s). Mine started groaning @ about 40K and I drove it that way until last week ... truck now has about 61K on it. Diff. bearings aren't a cheap job (Mine right now is close to $1,000) ... get it done under warranty while you can! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is the $1,000 what the dealer charged you to fix it? I've got the same problem I'm guessing and I hate to drop $1K on this. How long will the fix last? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perk03z06 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Is the $1,000 what the dealer charged you to fix it? I've got the same problem I'm guessing and I hate to drop $1K on this. How long will the fix last? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually, I bought the extended warranty from GM when I bought the truck ... so it's a GM warranty, but gives me the freedom to get the repairs done wherever I want. I took mine to my trusted independent mechanic, and he set it up better than the dealer would. He has a buddy that is a GM tech that said that all they do @ the dealer is replace the bearings and slap it back together. They don't check pre-load or anything. So ... my buddy took my front diff. out, and did a complete teardown. He found that one of the locking tabs for the pre-load had busted ... and got ground up inside the diff. When this happened the bearing on the load side started walking out ... and that's what caused it to wear out and make noise. So, he rebuilt the whole diff. All new bearings, carrier and pinion, new fluid, and he set a higher pre-load on the side that wore out so that it would have less chance of happening again. To answer your question ... how long will it last? I dunno, I guess depends on where you take the truck, and who you trust to do differential work. My final ticket was like $1,100 ... so ... you might not want to pay the money, but it should probably be fixed. Just my $.02 Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSThunder Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I don't have any friends to do a tear town so I guess I'll have to look around for a good shop. If I can get it fixed once and be done with then I'd be happy to keep the truck. Otherwise I'll be looking for a new vehicle in a couple years. I really don't want to get rid of my ss but I don't want to be fixign the same problem over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perk03z06 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I don't have any friends to do a tear town so I guess I'll have to look around for a good shop. If I can get it fixed once and be done with then I'd be happy to keep the truck. Otherwise I'll be looking for a new vehicle in a couple years. I really don't want to get rid of my ss but I don't want to be fixign the same problem over and over. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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