Is there away of checking if the rear diff or bearings are making a droning sound?
I've read the stuff on search but can't find a definitive answer. Common sense isn't very common.
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It is notoriously difficult for a DIYer.

I have had noises there 3 times and twice it was tyres (First set when the tyres got below 4 mm and the second set had structurally failed and were replaced under warranty). On the other occasion it was the rear diff.

Always, therefore, worth swapping tyres around front to back, or replacing if low, first.

As far as the noise is concerned, tyres tends to increase slowly over time whereas the diff pinion bearing tend to increase rapidly from nothing to a loud 'turbine' whine in 500 to 1,000 miles. FL2 HSE Auto Galway Green
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Last edited by Pedro on 3rd Apr 2021 1:03 pm. Edited 1 time in total

axle wrote:

Is there away of checking if the rear diff or bearings are making a droning sound?
I've read the stuff on search but can't find a definitive answer.

do you fancy popping round to check for me then?  Common sense isn't very common.
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2007 Land Rover Freelander2 I6 hse Auto

I have the drone at the rear and I'm working up to an exchange 'upgraded' dif.
I'm fairly confident that that is where the problem lies because when I lift my foot off the accelerator (Automatic) the drone goes.

axle wrote:

do you fancy popping round to check for me then?

Two chances of that happening m8.

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