DougieSS Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Hey there, i have a silverado ss noticed a humming coming from my front end over the last few weeks. Orignally thought it was a wheel bearing no big deal. I go to swap the wheel bearing and its fine.. turns out i have a bad pinon bearing in the front diff. Wondering what peoples thoughts are on getting a bearing kit done.... i would rather find a new diff if i can or a good remanufactored one.. any recommendations or other comments? If i do end up having to rebuild mine it wont just be the bearings it will be everything. Full rebuild. Just would rather buy a new unit if i can and swap it in lol. Thanks alot. Looking to make a move soon as this is my daily driver Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickler88 Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 It's not hard to do if you have knowledge of a differential, pullers to get the carrier and pinion bearings off and a dial gauge to set the back lash. Look on youtube for gm ifs differential rebuild and you will see what it will be. If not, I tried to get a buddy of mine to let me show him and he just wanted to do a swap. He got his from justchevytrucks.com. If he doesn't have it in stock, he had his built within a day and shipped. Installed it 4 days later and still running like a champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doughty08 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Like stickler said its pretty straight forward job with common tools, dont have to have pullers if your handy with a cut off wheel lol but will need a press to put them back on. Two day job and can do a full rebuild for just over 100 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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